FANFARE, fan-f[=a]r', _n._ a flourish of trumpets or bugles--also
FANFARADE'.--_ns._ FAN'FARON, one who uses bravado: a blusterer, braggart;
FAN'FARONADE, vain boasting: bluster: ostentation.--_v.i._ to bluster. [Fr.
_fanfare_, perh. from the sound.]
FANG, fang, _n._ the tooth of a ravenous beast: a claw or talon: the
venom-tooth of a serpent: (_Shak._) a grip, catch.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to
seize upon, catch.--_adjs._ FANGED, having fangs, clutches, or anything
resembling them; FANG'LESS, having no fangs or tusks: toothless.--LOSE THE
FANG (of a pump), to be dry, to have no water (_Scot._). [A.S. _fang_, from
_fón_, to seize; Ger. _fangen_, to catch, Dut. _vangen_.]
FANGLE, fang'gl, _n._ (_Milt._) fancy.--_adj._ FANG'LED (_obs._ save in
_newfangled_, q.v.), newly made, new-fashioned: showy, gaudy.--_n._
FANG'LENESS.
FANION, fan'yun, _n._ a small marking-flag used at a station in surveying.
[O. Fr.,--Low L. _fano_.]
FANNEL, fan'el, _n._ a vexillum or banner.
FANON, fan'on, _n._ a cloth for handling the holy vessels or the offertory
bread: a maniple or napkin used by the celebrant at mass: an orale: a
fannel: one of the lappets of a mitre: (_surg._) a fold of linen laid under
a splint. [O. Fr.]
FANTASIA, fan-tä'zi-a, _n._ a musical composition, not governed by the
ordinary musical rules. [It., from Gr. _phantasia_. See FANCY.]
FANTASY, PHANTASY, fan'ta-si, _n._ fancy: imagination: mental image: love:
whim, caprice.--_v.t._ to fancy, conceive mentally.--_adj._ FAN'TASIED,
filled with fancies.--_n._ FAN'TASM (same as PHANTASM).--_adj._ FAN'TASQUE,
fantastic.--_ns._ FAN'TAST, a person of fantastic ideas; FANTAS'TIC, one
who is fantastical.--_adjs._ FANTAS'TIC, -AL, fanciful: not real:
capricious: whimsical: wild.--_adv._ FANTAS'TICALLY.--_n._
FANTAS'TICALNESS.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ FANTAS'TICATE.--_ns._ FANTAS'TICISM;
FANTAS'TICO (_Shak._), a fantastic. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _phantasticus_--Gr.
_phantastikos_, _phantazein_, to make visible. _Fancy_ is a doublet.]
FANTOCCINI, fan-to-ch[=e]'n[=e], _n.pl._ puppets worked by machinery:
dramatic performances by puppets. [It., pl. of _fantoccino_, dim. of
_fantoccio_, a puppet--_fante_, a boy.]
FANTOM, fan'tom, _n._ Same as PHANTOM.
FAP, fap, _adj._ (_Shak._) fuddled, drunk.
FAQUIR, fak-[=e]r', _n._ Same as FAKIR.
FAR, fär, _adj._ remote: more distant of two: remote from or contrary to
purpose or design.--_adv._ to a great distance in time, space, or
proportion: remotely: considerably or in great part: very much: to a great
height: to a certain point, degree, or distance.--_v.t._ (_prov._) to
remove to a distance.--_adjs._ FAR'-AWAY', distant: abstracted,
absent-minded; FAR'-FETCHED, fetched or brought from a remote place:
forced, unnatural--(_obs._) FAR'FET.--_advs._ FAR'-FORTH (_Spens._), very
far; FAR'MOST, most distant or remote.--_n._ FAR'NESS, the state of being
far: remoteness, distance.--_adj._ and _adv._ FAR'-OFF, distant.--_adjs._
FAR'-REACH'ING, exerting influence to a great distance and for a long time;
FAR'-SIGHT'ED, seeing to a great distance: having defective eyesight for
near objects; FAR'-SOUGHT, sought for at a distance; FAR'-SPENT, far
advanced.--FAR AND AWAY, by a great deal; BY FAR, in a very great degree;
I'LL SEE YOU FAR (or FARTHER) FIRST, I will not do it by any means; IN SO
FAR AS, to the extent that. [A.S. _feor_; Dut. _ver_; Ice. _fiarre_; Ger.
_fern_.]
FAR, fär, _n._ (_prov._) a litter of pigs.
FARAD, far'ad, _n._ the name of the practical unit of electrical
capacity--the capacity of a conductor which when raised to a potential of
one volt has a charge of one coulomb.--_adj._ FARAD'IC.--_n._
FARADIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ FAR'ADISE.--_ns._ FAR'ADISM; MICROFAR'AD, the
millionth part of a farad. [From Michael _Faraday_ (1791-1867).]
FARAND, FARRAND, far'and, _adj._ (_Scot._) having a certain favour or
appearance, esp. in such compound forms as _auld-farand_, old-fashioned;
_ill-faured_, ill-favoured, &c. [M. E. _farand_, comely. Origin obscure;
most prob. the verb _fare_ (q.v.).]
FARCE, färs, _n._ a style of comedy marked by low humour and extravagant
wit: ridiculous or empty show.--_n._ FAR'CEUR, a joker.--_adj._
FAR'CICAL.--_n._ FARCICAL'ITY, farcical quality.--_adv._
FAR'CICALLY.--_v.t._ FAR'CIFY, to turn into a farce. [Fr. _farce_,
stuffing, from L. _farc[=i]re_, to stuff, applied, acc. to H. Bradley, to
words put between _Kyrie_ and _Eleison_ in religious services, then to the
interpolated _gag_ in a religious play, next a buffoon performance.]
FARCE, färs, _v.t._ to cram: to stuff, fill with stuffing: (_Shak._) to
swell out.--_n._ FAR'CING, stuffing. [O. Fr. _farsir_--L. _farc[=i]re_, to
cram.]
FARCY, fär'si, _n._ a disease of horses like glanders--(_obs._)
FAR'CIN.--_adj._ FAR'CIED.--_n._ FAR'CY-BUD, a swollen lymphatic gland, as
in farcy. [Fr. _farcin_--Low L. _farciminum_.]
FARD, färd, _n._ white paint for the face.--_v.t._ to paint with such, to
embellish. [Fr., of Teut. origin, Old High Ger. _farwjan_, to colour.]
FARDAGE, fär'd[=a]j, _n._ (_naut._) loose wood or other material stowed
among the cargo to keep it from shifting, or put under it to keep it above
the bilge. [Fr.]
FARDEL, fär'del, _n._ a pack: anything cumbersome or irksome.--_adj._
FAR'DEL-BOUND, constipated, esp. of cattle and sheep, by the retention of
food in the third stomach. [O. Fr. _fardel_ (Fr. _fardeau_), dim. of
_farde_, a burden--Ar. _fardah_, a package (Devic).]
FARDING-BAG, fär'ding-bag, _n._ the first stomach of a cow or other
ruminant.
FARE, f[=a]r, _v.i._ to get on or succeed: to happen well or ill to: to be
in any particular state, to be, to go on: to feed.--_n._ the price of
passage--(_orig._) a course or passage: those conveyed in a carriage: food
or provisions for the table.--_interj._ FAREWELL', may you fare well! a
wish for safety or success.--_n._ well-wishing at parting: the act of
departure.--_adj._ parting: final. [A.S. _faran_; Ger. _fahren_.]
FARINA, fa-r[=i]'na, or fa-r[=e]'na, _n._ ground corn: meal: starch: pollen
of plants.--_adjs._ FARIN[=A]'CEOUS, mealy; FARINOSE', yielding farina.
[L.,--_far_.]
FARL, färl, _n._ (_Scot._) the quarter of a round cake of flour or oatmeal.
[_Fardel_, a fourth part.]
FARM, färm, _n._ land let or rented for cultivation or pasturage, with the
necessary buildings: (_Spens._) habitation: (_Shak._) a lease.--_v.t._ to
let out as lands to a tenant: to take on lease: to grant certain rights in
return for a portion of what they yield, as to farm the taxes: to
cultivate, as land.--_adj._ FARM'ABLE.--_ns._ FARM'-BAI'LIFF; FARM'ER, one
who farms or cultivates land: the tenant of a farm: one who collects taxes,
&c., for a certain rate per cent.:--_fem._ FARM'ERESS; FARM'ERING, the
business of a farmer.--_n.pl._ FARM'ERS-GEN'ERAL, the name given before the
French Revolution to the members of a privileged association in France, who
leased the public revenues of the nation.--_ns._ FARM'ERY, the buildings of
a farm; FARM'-HOUSE, a house attached to a farm in which the farmer lives;
FARM'ING, the business of cultivating land; FARM'-L[=A]'BOURER.--_n.pl._
FARM'-OFF'ICES, the offices or outbuildings on a farm.--_ns._ FARM'STEAD, a
farm with the buildings belonging to it; FARM'-YARD, the yard or enclosure
surrounded by the farm buildings. [A.S. _feorm_, goods, entertainment, from
Low L. _firma_--L. _firmus_, firm. The Low L. _firma_ meant a fixed
payment, also a signature (whence our 'firm' in business); from 'rent'
_farm_ passed to 'lease,' then to 'a tract of land held on lease.' _Farm_
is therefore a doublet of _firm_.]
FARO, f[=a]r'o, _n._ a game of chance played by betting on the order in
which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.
[Perh. from King _Pharaoh_ on one of the cards.]
FARRAGO, far-r[=a]'g[=o], _n._ a confused mass.--_adj._ FARR[=A]'GINOUS,
miscellaneous, jumbled. [L., _far_, grain.]
FARRIER, far'i-[.e]r, _n._ one who shoes horses: one who cures the diseases
of horses.--_n._ FARR'IERY, the art of curing the diseases of cattle. [O.
Fr. _ferrier_, through Low L. _ferrarius_, from L. _ferrum_, iron.]
FARROW, far'[=o], _n._ a litter of pigs.--_v.i._ or _v.t._ to bring forth
pigs. [A.S. _fearh_, a pig; Ger. _ferkel_.]
FARROW, far'r[=o], _adj._ not producing young in a particular season, said
of cows. [Ety. dub.; with _farrow cow_ cf. Flem. _verwekoe_, _varwekoe_.]
FARSE, färs, _n._ an explanation of the Latin epistle in the
vernacular.--_v.t._ to extend by interpolation.
FART, fart, _v.i._ to break wind.--_n._ a noisy expulsion of wind. [A.S.
_feortan_; Ger. _farzen_.]
FARTHER, fär'_th_[.e]r, _adj._ (_comp._ of FAR) more far or distant:
tending to a greater distance: longer: additional.--_adv._ at or to a
greater distance; more remotely: beyond: moreover.--_adjs._ and _advs._
FAR'THERMORE, furthermore; FAR'THERMOST, furthermost.--_adj._ FARTHEST
(_superl._ of FAR), most far, distant, or remote.--_adv._ at or to the
greatest distance. [A rather recent form, comp. of _far_, the euphonic _th_
being inserted from the analogy of _further_.]
FARTHING, fär'_th_ing, _n._ the fourth of a penny: anything very small:
(_B._) the rendering for two names of coins, one the fourth part of the
other--_assarion_, used as the Gr. equivalent of the L. _as_, and
_kodrantes_ (L. _quadrans_), a coin equivalent to two _lepta_.--_n._
FAR'THINGFUL. [A.S. _féorthing_, a fourth part--_féortha_, fourth, and dim.
_-ing_, or _-ling_.]
FARTHINGALE, fär'_th_ing-g[=a]l, _n._ a kind of crinoline of whalebone for
distending women's dress. [O. Fr. _verdugale_--Sp. _verdugado_, hooped,
_verdugo_, rod.]
FASCES, fas'[=e]z, _n.pl._ a bundle of rods with an axe in the middle,
borne before the ancient Roman principal magistrates. [L. _fascis_, a
bundle.]
FASCIA, fash'i-a, _n._ (_archit._) a flat space or band between mouldings:
(_anat._) a layer of condensed connective tissue between some muscle and
any other tissue.--_adjs._ FAS'CIAL; FAS'CIATED.--_n._ FASCI[=A]'TION
(_bot._), a form of monstrosity by the flattening of a single stem, or the
lateral union of several stems. [L.]
FASCICLE, fas'i-kl, _n._ a little bundle: (_bot._) a close cluster, the
flowers crowded together, as in the sweet-william--also
FAS'CICULE.--_adjs._ FAS'CICLED, FASCIC'ULAR, FASCIC'ULATE, -D, united as
in a bundle.--_n._ FASCIC'ULUS, a fascicle: a part of a book issued in
parts. [L. _fasciculus_, dim. of _fascis_, a bundle.]
FASCINATE, fas'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to control by the glance: to charm: to
captivate: to enchant, esp. by the evil eye.--_adj._ FAS'CINATING,
charming, delightful.--_n._ FASCIN[=A]'TION, the act of charming: power to
harm by looks or spells: mysterious attractive power exerted by a man's
words or manner: irresistible power of alluring: state of being fascinated.
[L. _fascin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_; perh. allied to Gr. _baskainein_, to
bewitch.]
FASCINE, fas-s[=e]n', _n._ (_fort._) a brushwood faggot bound together with
wire, yarn, or withes, used to fill ditches, &c. [Fr.,--L.
_fascina_--_fascis_, a bundle.]
FASH, fash, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to trouble, annoy.--_v.i._ to be vexed at, to
take trouble or pains.--_n._ pains, trouble.--_adj._ FASH'IOUS,
troublesome, vexatious.--_ns._ FASH'IOUSNESS, FASH'ERY. [O. Fr. _fascher_
(Fr. _fâcher_)--L. _fastidium_, _fastidiosus_, fastidious.]
FASHION, fash'un, _n._ the make or cut of a thing: form or pattern:
prevailing mode or shape of dress: a prevailing custom: manner: genteel
society: appearance.--_v.t._ to make: to mould according to a pattern: to
suit or adapt.--_adj._ FASH'IONABLE, made according to prevailing fashion:
prevailing or in use at any period: observant of the fashion in dress or
living: moving in high society: patronised by people of fashion.--_n._ a
person of fashion.--_n._ FASH'IONABLENESS.--_adv._ FASH'IONABLY.--_ns._
FASH'IONER; FASH'IONIST.--_adjs._ FASH'IONMONGERING, FASH'IONMONGING
(_Shak._), behaving like a fop.--AFTER, or IN, A FASHION, in a way: to a
certain extent; IN THE FASHION, in accordance with the prevailing style of
dress, &c.--opp. to _Out of fashion_. [O. Fr. _fachon_--L.
_faction-em_--_fac[)e]re_, to make.]
FAST, fast, _adj._ firm: fixed: steadfast: fortified: (of sleep) sound
(_Shak._).--_adv._ firmly, unflinchingly: soundly or sound (asleep):
quickly: close, near.--_n._ FAST-AND-LOOSE, the name of a cheating game
practised at fairs--called also _Prick-the-garter_.--_adj._ FAST'-HAND'ED,
close-fisted.--_adv._ FAST'LY (_Shak._), firmly.--_n._ FAST'NESS,
fixedness: a stronghold, fortress, castle.--FAST BY, close to.--PLAY FAST
AND LOOSE (from the foregoing), to be unreliable, to say one thing and do
another; HARD-AND-FAST (see HARD). [A.S. _fæst_; Ger. _fest_.]
FAST, fast, _adj._ quick: rapid: rash: dissipated.--_adv._ swiftly: in
rapid succession: extravagantly.--_adj._ FAST'ISH, somewhat fast. [A
special use of _fast_, firm, derived from the Scand., in the sense of
urgent.]
FAST, fast, _v.i._ to keep from food: to go hungry: to abstain from food in
whole or part, as a religious duty.--_n._ abstinence from food: special
abstinence enjoined by the church: the day or time of fasting.--_ns._
FAST'-DAY, a day of religious fasting: (_Scot._) a day for humiliation and
prayer, esp. before celebrations of the Lord's Supper; FAST'ENS, short for
_Fastens-eve_ (Scot. _Fasten-e'en_ and _Fastern's-e'en_), _Fastens
Tuesday_, Shrove Tuesday; FAST'ER, one who fasts: FAST'ING, religious
abstinence. [A.S. _fæstan_, to fast; Ger. _fasten_, to keep: perh. allied
with _fast_, firm, in the sense of making strict.]
FASTEN, fas'n, _v.t._ to make fast or tight: to fix securely: to attach
firmly one thing to another: to confirm.--_v.i._ to fix itself.--_n._
FAS'TENING, that which fastens.
FASTI, fas't[=i], _n.pl._ those days among the ancient Romans on which it
was lawful to transact legal or public business--opp. to _Nefasti_: an
enumeration of the days of the year, a calendar. [L.]
FASTIDIOUS, fas-tid'i-us, _adj._ affecting superior taste: over-nice:
difficult to please.--_adv._ FASTID'IOUSLY.--_n._ FASTID'IOUSNESS. [L.
_fastidiosus_--_fastidium_, loathing--_fastus_, pride, _tædium_, loathing.]
FASTIGIATE, fas-tij'i-[=a]t, _adj._ pointed, sloping to a point or
edge--also FASTIG'IATED.--_n._ FASTIG'IUM, the apex of a building: the
pediment of a portico. [L. _fastig[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_fastigium_, a
gable-end, roof.]
FAT, fat, _adj._ plump, fleshy: fruitful, esp. profitable: gross: thick,
full-bodied, esp. of printing-types.--_n._ an oily substance under the
skin: solid animal oil: the richest part of anything.--_v.t._ to make
fat.--_v.i._ to grow fat:--_pr.p._ fat'ting; _pa.p._ fat'ted.--_adj._
FAT'BRAINED (_Shak._), dull of apprehension.--_ns._ FAT'-HEN (_prov._), any
one of various plants of thick succulent foliage, esp. pigweed, orach, and
ground-ivy; FAT'LING, a young animal fattened for slaughter.--_adj._ small
and fat.--_n._ FAT'-LUTE, a mixture of pipe-clay and linseed-oil, for
filling joints, &c.--_adv._ FAT'LY, grossly: in a lumbering manner.--_n._
FAT'NESS, quality or state of being fat: fullness of flesh: richness:
fertility: that which makes fertile.--_v.t._ FAT'TEN, to make fat or
fleshy: to make fertile.--_v.i._ to grow fat.--_ns._ FAT'TENER, he who, or
that which, fattens; FAT'TENING, the process of making fat: state of
growing fat; FAT'TINESS.--_adjs._ FAT'TISH, somewhat fat; FAT'-WITTED,
dull, stupid; FAT'TY, containing fat or having the qualities of fat.--FAT
IMAGES, those in relief.--THE FAT IS IN THE FIRE, things have gone to
confusion. [A.S. _fæt_; Ger. _fett_.]
FAT, fat, _n._ a vessel for holding liquids: a vat: a dry measure of nine
bushels. [See VAT.]
FATA MORGANA, fä'tä mor-gä'nä, a striking kind of mirage seen most often in
the Strait of Messina. [Supposed to be caused by the fairy (_fata_)
_Morgana_ of Arthurian romance.]
FATE, f[=a]t, _n._ inevitable destiny or necessity: appointed lot:
ill-fortune: doom: final issue: (_pl._) the three goddesses of fate,
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who determined the birth, life, and death of
men--the FATAL SISTERS.--_adj._ F[=A]T'AL, belonging to or appointed by
fate: causing ruin or death: mortal: calamitous.--_ns._ F[=A]T'ALISM, the
doctrine that all events are subject to fate, and happen by unavoidable
necessity; F[=A]T'ALIST, one who believes in fatalism.--_adj._
F[=A]T'ALISTIC, belonging to or partaking of fatalism.--_n._ FATAL'ITY, the
state of being fatal or unavoidable: the decree of fate: fixed tendency to
disaster or death: mortality: a fatal occurrence.--_adv._
F[=A]T'ALLY.--_adjs._ F[=A]T'ED, doomed: destined: (_Shak._) invested with
the power of destiny: (_Dryden_) enchanted; FATE'FUL, charged with
fate.--_adv._ FATE'FULLY.--_n._ FATE'FULNESS. [L. _fatum_, a
prediction--_fatus_, spoken--_f[=a]ri_, to speak.]
FATHER, fä'_th_[.e]r, _n._ a male parent: an ancestor or forefather: a
fatherly protector: a contriver or originator: a title of respect applied
to a venerable man, to confessors, monks, priests, &c.: a member of certain
fraternities, as 'Fathers of the Oratory,' &c.: the oldest member of any
profession or other body: one of a group of ecclesiastical writers of the
early centuries, usually ending with Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine: the
first person of the Trinity.--_v.t._ to adopt: to ascribe to one as his
offspring or production.--_ns._ FA'THERHOOD, state of being a father:
fatherly authority; FA'THER-IN-LAW, the father of one's husband or wife;
FA'THERLAND, the land of one's fathers--from the Ger. _Vaterland_;
FA'THER-LASH'ER, a name applied to two bull-heads found on the British
coasts, belonging to the Gurnard family.--_adj._ FA'THERLESS, destitute of
a living father: without a known author.--_ns._ FA'THERLESSNESS;
FA'THERLINESS.--_adj._ FA'THERLY, like a father in affection and care:
paternal.--_n._ FA'THERSHIP.--HOLY FATHER, the Pope.--BE GATHERED TO ONE'S
FATHERS (_B._), to die and be buried. [A.S. _fæder_; Ger. _vater_, L.
_pater_, Gr. _pat[=e]r_.]
FATHOM, fa_th_'um, _n._ a nautical measure=6 feet: depth: (_Shak._)
penetration.--_v.t._ to try the depth of: to comprehend or get to the
bottom of.--_adjs._ FATH'OMABLE; FATH'OMLESS.--_n._ FATH'OM-LINE, a
sailor's line and lead for taking soundings. [A.S. _faethm_; Dut. _vadem_,
Ger. _faden_.]
FATIDICAL, fa-tid'ik-al, _adj._ having power to foretell future events:
prophetical.--_adv._ FATID'ICALLY. [L. _fatidicus_--_fatum_, fate,
_dic[)e]re_, to tell.]
FATIGUE, fa-t[=e]g', _n._ weariness from labour of body or of mind: toil:
military work, distinct from the use of arms.--_v.t._ to reduce to
weariness: to exhaust one's strength: to harass.--_pr.p._ fatigu'ing;
_pa.p._ fatigued'.--_adj._ FAT'IGATE (_Shak._), fatigued.--_n._
FATIGUE'-D[=U]'TY, the part of a soldier's work distinct from the use of
arms--also in _fatigue-dress_, &c.--_adv._ FATIGU'INGLY. [Fr.,--L.
_fatig[=a]re_, to weary.]
FATISCENT, f[=a]-tis'ent, _adj._ gaping.--_n._ FATIS'CENCE.
FATTRELS, fat'relz, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) ends of ribbon. [O. Fr. _fatraille_,
trumpery.]
FATUOUS, fat'[=u]-us, _adj._ silly: imbecile: without reality--also
FAT[=U]'ITOUS.--_n._ FAT[=U]ITY, unconscious stupidity: imbecility. [L.
_fatuus_.]
FAUBOURG, f[=o]'b[=oo]rg, _n._ a suburb just beyond the walls, or a
district recently included within a city. [O. Fr. _forbourg_, lit.
'out-town'--_fors_ (Fr. _hors_)--L. _foris_, out of doors, and O. Fr.
_bourg_, town.]
FAUCES, faw's[=e]z, _n.pl._ the upper part of the throat, from the root of
the tongue to the entrance of the gullet.--_adj._ FAU'CAL, produced in the
fauces, as certain Semitic guttural sounds. [L.]
FAUCET, faw'set, _n._ a pipe inserted in a barrel to draw liquid. [Fr.
_fausset_.]
FAUGH, faw, _interj._ an exclamation of contempt or disgust. [Prob. from
the sound.]
FAULCHION, an obsolete form of _falchion_.
FAULT, fawlt, _n._ a failing: error: blemish: imperfection: a slight
offence: (_geol._, _min._) a displacement of strata or veins: (_tennis_) a
stroke in which the player fails to serve the ball into the proper
place.--_adj._ FAULT'FUL (_Shak._), full of faults or crimes.--_adv._
FAULT'ILY.--_n._ FAULT'INESS.--_adj._ FAULT'LESS, without fault or
defect.--_adv._ FAULT'LESSLY.--_n._ FAULT'LESSNESS.--_adj._ FAULT'Y,
imperfect, defective: guilty of a fault: blamable.--AT FAULT, open to
blame: (of dogs) unable to find the scent; FIND FAULT (_with_), to censure
for some defect. [O. Fr. _faute_, _falte_--L. _fall[)e]re_, to deceive.]
FAUNA, fawn'a, _n._ animals collectively, or those of a particular country,
or of a particular geological period:--_pl._ FAUN'Æ, FAUN'AS.--_n._ FAUN, a
Roman rural deity, protector of shepherds.--_adj._ FAUN'AL.--_n._ FAUN'IST,
one who studies a fauna. [L. _faunus_, from _fav[=e]re_, _fautum_, to
favour.]
FAUTEUIL, f[=o]-tey', _n._ an arm-chair, esp. a president's chair, the seat
of one of the forty members of the French Academy. [Fr.]
FAUTOR, faw'tor, _n._ a favourer or supporter. [O. Fr. _fauteur_--L.
_fautor_--_fav[=e]re_, to favour.]
FAVEOLATE, f[=a]-v[=e]'[=o]-l[=a]t, _adj._ honeycombed.--Also FAVOSE'.