fiend (fend)

[Early mod. E. also feend; AS. feónd , an enemy, hater, foe (often used of Satan as the Enemy or Adversary), = OS. fiond , fiund , fiand = OFries. fiand , fiund = D. vijand = LG. fijend , fijnd = OHG. fiant , MHG. viant, vient , vint , G. feind , enemy, = Icel. fjandi , enemy, the devil, = Sw. fiende = Dan. fjende , enemy (but Sw.fan , Dan. fand - en , fiend, devil), = Goth. fijands , an enemy; lit. a hater, being orig. ppr. of AS. feón , feógan , fiógan (ppr. feb gende , feónde (> feónd , n.), pret. feóde ) = OHG. fiên = Icel. fjā = Goth. fijan , hate (> faian , find fault), = Skt. V pi , piy , hate. Allied to foe and feud1 . Of similar formation is friend , lit. lover.] 1. An enemy; a foe. Werse he doth his gode wines [friends] than his fiendes . Old Eng. Homilies (ed. Morris), II. 226. Ther ne is non ypocrisye... ne drede of vyendes , ac [but] alneway festes and kinges bredales [bridals]. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 75. 2. Specifically, the enemy of mankind; Satan; the devil. [ Fiend in this use is a translation of the original of Satan (adversary) and of devil (accuser).] O Donegild, I ne have noon english digne Unto thy malice and thy tirannye! And therfor to the feend I thee resigne, Let him endyten of thy traitor ye! Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 682. Upon the Pynacle of that Temple was oure Lord brought, for to ben tempted of the Enemye, the Feend. Mandeville, Travels, p. 87. Being of that honest few, Who give the Fiend himself his due. Tennyson, To the Rev. F. D. Maurice. 3. Hence, in a general sense, a devil; a demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. For I was more devout thanne than evere I was before or after, and alle for the drede of Fendes , that I saughe in dyverse Figures. Mandeville , Travels, p. 283. This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it. Shak ., Othello, v. 2. 4. An exceedingly wicked, cruel, spiteful, or destructive person: as, a dynamite fiend ; a fire fiend . lach. Methinks, I see him now - Post . IMG:content-1279.jpg:[graphic] Italian fiend ! Ay, so thou dost, Shak ., Cymbeline, v. 5. IMG:content-1280.png:[blocks in formation] Feondes and feondekenes by-for me shullen stande. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 418. fiend-like (fend'lik), a. Resembling a fiend: maliciously wicked; diabolical. The cruel ministers Of this dead butcher, and his fiend - like queen. Shak., Macbeth, v. 7. Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend - like is it to dwell therein. IMG:content-1281.png:[blocks in formation] Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 38. Who knows not The all-devouring sword of fierce Mount serr at? Beau. and Fl ., Knight of Malta, ii. 5. 2. Ferocious in quality or manifestation; in- dicating or marked by savage cruelty or rage. Sho was affrayet full foule with a fuerse dreme. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8429. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel. Gen. xlix. 7. A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young. Deut. xxviii. 50. O, save me, Hubert, save me! my eyes are out, Even with the fierce looks of these bloody men. Shak ., K. John, iv. 1. He with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd, rolling in the fiery gulf. Milton , P. L., i. 52. 2. Like fire in character or quality; vehe- ment; impetuous; pa ionate; fierce: as, a And so we rode out ye ferse storme for that night. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 65. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm. Jas. iii. 4. With a laugh of fierce derision, once again the phantoms fled. Whittier, Garrison at Cape Ann. 4. Wild; disordered; dreadful. Think no more of this night's accidents, But as the fierce vexation of a dream. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, And even the like precurse of fierce events Have heaven and earth together demonstrated Unto our climatures. ffestnet with fuerse Ropis the flete in the hauyn; And busk it vnto banke, the boldist ay first. fiendlyt (fend'li), a. [ feendly , fendly , 5t. Strong; powerful. fendely, hostile, devilish, feondlic , hos- tile (= D. vijandelijk = OHG. fiantlih , MHG. vientlich, G. feindlich = Icel. fjändligr = Dan. fjendtlig = Sw. fiendtlig ), feónd , enemy, + -lic , E. -ly1.] 1. Hostile; inimical. He semed frendly to hem that knewe him nought, But he was feendly , bot he in werk and thought. fient (fent), n. [Sc., the same as fiend , the devil, and used, like devil , as a profane neg a- tive; Dan. fanden , the fiend, is used in the same way: see fiend .] The fiend - that is, the devil: used as a negative, as in fient a bit (devil a bit), fient a haet , fient hait (devil a whit), etc. But tho' he was o' high degree, The fient a pride - nae pride had he. IMG:content-1282.png:[blocks in formation] Priamus the peopeell Gert [made] sue to the City sothely to dwell, And fild it with folke; fuerse was the nowmber. 7. Brisk; lively. [Prov. Eng.] -8. Sudden; precipitate. [Prov. Eng.]=Syn. 1-3. Infuriate, fell, fiery, pa ionate, barbarous, rapacious, ravenous. fiercely (fers'li), adv . [ feersly , fersly, etc.; fierce + -ly2 .] In a fierce manner; vio- lently; furiously; with rage. Too Greece he gra[i]thes hym now with a grete will. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 253. We at St. Albans met, flair, fire flare, fire flair . fiery-footed (fir'i-fut"ed), a. IMG:content-1283.png:[blocks in formation] fiercely at each other from under their lowered and strong fiestt, n. and r. See fist2 . ly wrinkled brows. Darwin , Expre . of Emotions, p. 248. fiesta (fyes'tä), n. [Sp., a feast: see feast .] fiercene (fērs'nes), n. [ feersne e , fers- ne e; fierce + -ne .] The quality of being fierce or furious; fury; ferocity; vehemence; impetuosity. His pride and brutal fiercene I abhor. Dryden, Aurengzebe. Thro' a stormy glare, a heat As from a seven times-heated furnace, I, Blasted and burnt, and blinded as I was, With such a fiercene that I swoon'd away - O, yet methought I saw the Holy Grail. fierding-courtt, n. [ ing : see farding , farthing ), a fourth part, + court.] One of an early cla of English courts, so called because four were established within every superior district or hundred. fier i facias (fi'e-ri fa's hi-as). [L., lit. cause it to be done: fier i (see fiat ); facias , 2d pers. sing. pres. subj. (used imperatively) y) of facere , law , an execu- fierasferoid (fi-e-ras'fe-roid), a . and n . I. a. Pertaining to or having the characters of the do, make, cause: see fact .] In law , tion against property; a writ i ued, after the rendering of a judgment for a sum of money, commanding the sheriff to levy upon the goods, or the goods and lands, of the judgment debtor for the collection of the amount due. Abbre- viated to fi . fa . fierily (fir'i-li), adv . In a hot or fiery manner; pa ionately. fierce (fērs), a . [Early mod. E. also feerce, feerse ; feirce , fuers, fers , ferse , fierse , fierce , also fersch , by confusion with fersch , fresch , bold, savage; fers , oldest nom. form of OF. fer , fer , fier , fierce, bold, F. fier , proud, = Pr. fer , fier = It. fiero , fierce, cruel, stern, proud, L. fer us , wild, untamed, savage, cruel, fierce, fer us , commonly fem. fer a , a wild beast. Not related to Gr. θήρ , a wild beast, or to E. deer. Hence also (from L. fer us ) feræ , ferous, H. H. Jackson , Ramona, p. 29. ferity , ferocious .] 1. Wild, as a beast; savage; fierine (fir'i-nes), n. The state or quality of ferocious; having a cruel or rapacious dispobeing fiery or burning, or vehement or impetu- The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife . Shak ., Othello, iii. 3. Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! fifer fifer (fi'fer), п. One who plays on a fife. fife-rail (fif'ral), n. Arail above the deck around the lower part of the mast of a ve el, having holes in it for belaying-pins. fi-fi (fi'fi), a. [F. fi fi, repetition of fi, fie: see fie.] Somewhat immoral; scandalous: as, "Paul de Kock's fi - fi novels," Thackeray. [Slang.] The widow of an Indian Nabob, from whom she was divorced on account of some fi - fi story, my dear, that is never mentioned now. Mrs. Argles (“ The Duche "), Airy Fairy Lilian, xxxiii. Fifish (fi'fish), a. [Sc., Fife + ish1. "The term, it is said, had its origin from a number of the principal families in the county of Fife having at least a bee in their bonnet” (Jamie son), i. e., being deranged. The earliest form of the name of Fife was Fif ; it is said to be a Jutland word ( fibh ) meaning a forest.] Exceedingly whimsical; crabbed and peculiar in disposi tion; cranky in a manner once considered char act eristic of Fifes hire in Scotland. He will be as wowf as ever his father was. To guide in that gate a bargain that cost him four dollars - very, very Fifish , as the east-country fisher-folks say. Scott , Pirate, ix. fifteen (fif'ten'), a. and n. [ fiftene , fiftene , fiftyne = OS. fiftein = OFries. fiftine , fitene = D. vijftien = MLG. viftein, viften , LG. feftein, föftein = OHG. fimfzehan , finfzehan , MHG. finfzehen, vünfzehen, G. fünfzehn = Icel. fimmtan = Norw.femtan = Sw.femton = Dan. femten =Goth. fimftaihun = L. quindecim = Gr. πεντε(καί) δεκα = Skt. panchadaça ; fif , etc., five, + tên , tŷn , etc., ten: see five and ten .] I. a . Five more than ten, or one more than fourteen: a cardinal numeral. Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen . Sheridan , School for Scandal, iii. 3 (song). II. n. 1. The sum of ten and five, or fourteen and one. 2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, XV, or xv.-3t. Same as fif teenth , 3. First the kyng with her had not one penny, and for the fetching of her the Marquis of Suffolke demanded a whole fifteen in open parliament. Hall , Hen. VI., an. 18. The fifteen, the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1715: as, he was out in the fifteen . [Scotch.] Ye were just as ill aff in the feifteen , and got the bonnie baronie back, an' a'. Scott , Waverley, xiv. fifteenth (fif'tēnth'), a. and n. [ II. n. 1. The quotient of unity divided by fifteen; one of fifteen equal parts of anything: as, eleven fifteenths (4) of an acre.-2. (a) In music, the interval or the concord of a double octave. ( b ) In organ - building , a stop whose pipes are tuned two octaves above the keys struck.-3. In early Eng . law , a fifteenth part of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax. When a fifteenth was the rate for the counties at large, that for towns an I demesnes was usually a tenth. In 1334 the old system of grants of fractional parts of moveables, fifteenths and tenths, had been relinquished, and in lieu thereof a practice was adopted of granting a sum of money, to be partitioned out between the various counties and towns as for a fifteenth and tenth. S. Dowell , Taxes in England, II. 52. fifth (fifth), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also fift; πτος = cham a, with different suffix), fifth; He consecrated Games, after the like Heathenish solemn i tie, in honour of Cæsar, to be celebrated euery fift yeare at Cæsarea. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 118. Fifth chain, the tug or chain which connects the leading horse with the pole when five horses are used in a team. -Fifth-day, the name commonly used by the Society of Friends to designate Thursday, the fifth day of the week. Fifth e ence or element. See e ence, 5. Fifth Monarchy Men, a sect of millenarians of the time of Crom well, differing from other Second-Adventists in believing not only in a literal second coming of Christ, but also that it was their duty to inaugurate his kingdom by force. This kingdom was to be the fifth and last in the series of which those of As syria, Persia, Greece, and Rome were the pre IMG:content-1284.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] ward axle of a car It is designed to support the fore part of the body while allow ing it to horizontal plane Sometimes called circle -iron. II. n. 1. The quotient of unity divided by one of Two forms of Fifth Wheels. five; five equal parts of anything: as, one fifth (t) of an acre.-2. In music: (a) A tone five diatonic degrees above or below any given tone. (b) The interval between any tone and a tone five degrees distant from it. (c) The combination of two tones distant by a fifth. (d) In a scale, the fifth tone from the bottom; the dominant: solmizated sol, as G in the scale of C, or E in that of A. The typical interval of the fifth is that between the first and fifth tones of a diatonic scale, acoustically represented by the ratio 3:2, and equal to three diatonic steps and a half. Such a fifth is called perfect or major; a fifth a half-step shorter is called di minished or minor; a fifth a half-step longer is called aug mented, pluperfect, superfluous, or extreme. The perfect fifth is the most perfect consonance after the octave. In harmony the parallel motion of two voices in perfect fifths is forbidden; such fifths are often called consecutive fifths, or simply consecutives. As if a musician should insist on having nothing but perfect chords and simple melodies, no diminished fifths , no flat sevenths, no flourishes, on any account. O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, ii. IMG:content-1285.png:[blocks in formation] den in strict counterpoint, and discountenanced in simple harmony, particularly if both voices skip. Compare hid den octaves. fifthly (fifth'li), adv. [ Fifthly , they counted all them as wicked and reprobate wyche were not of their secte. Whitgift, Defence, p. 41. fifthy (fif'thi), a. [ If Ce G be followed by CD Fa, we seem to have two primary triads (involving fifths) - or, to use Hauptmann's expre ion, they have a " fifthy " appearance. The Academy , Sept. 22, 1888, p. 213. fiftieth (fif'ti-eth), a. and n. [ = IMG:content-1286.png:[blocks in formation] fig fünfzig = Icel. fimmtigir, mod. fimmtiu = Norw. femti Sw. femtio = Dan. femti (usually halv tredsindstyve ) = Goth. fimftigjus = L. quinqua ginta = Gr. πεντήκοντα = Skt. panchāçat, fifty; Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. II. n.; pl. fifties (-tiz). 1. The sum of five tens, or of forty-nine and one. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. Mark vi. 40. 2. A symbol representing this number, as 50, L, or 1.- Fifty Decisions. See decision. fifty-fold (fifti-föld), adv. Fifty times. Let worse follow worse, till the worst of all follow him laughing to his grave, fifty - fold a cuckold. Shak ., A. and C., i. 2.