fauteuil (fotey)

[F., officer; dency; specifically, the seat of a member of Also farose. the French Academy (in reference to the forty faveolus (fa-vē'ō-lus), n.; pl. faveoli (-li). [NL., hence. dim. of L. favus, a honeycomb.] A honeycomb seats provided for it by Louis XIV.); hence, membership in the Academy. Droit de fauteuil, the privilege formerly enjoyed by gentlemen of rank at the French court of sitting on a fauteuil in presence of the king, corresponding to the droit de tabouret enjoyed by ladies. like cell, pit, or depre ion. The apothecia of several calcicole lichens (e. g., Lecanora Prevostii, Lecidea calcivora) have the power (through the carbonic acid received from the atmosphere) of forming minute faveoli in the rock, in which they are partial Encyc . Brit ., XIV. 562.