Fellow

fel'lo, n. One who follows an adherent companion a ociate a man without good breed linger or ink. then, boNboN, chair, get. 218 ing etc. one to scientific of felag erty, gether, indicating Fellow-com'moner, versity -creat'ure, made pathy relation tercourse; an foundation scholar. among society Felly, rim felga, OHG. Felon, felony. inal inflammation fierce -on is, Ir.feall, Law.) lands capital nous onment. ity Felo'niously, derer; Felspar. Felt. Felt, not by To Dan. made; Felucca, and feluca, Felwort, [Prob. Female, {Bot.) nated — birth, acterise* pistils male, woman; Double (in an line. which Pert, qualities confiding; {Gram.) which feminius.]— etc. (Law.) Cover. and or woman. Femoral, femoris, Fen, fen, los, to, Fence, ger about FELLY 202 FERREOUS or worth an equal in power, rank, character, by the use of the sword fencing. — v. [fenced one of a pair a mate a person individual (fenst), fencing.] To fend off danger from, pro, of the a ociates in an English college, admitted tect, guard to inclose with a fence or other protect share in its revenues a member of a literary or tion. — v. To make a fence, give security to desociety or corporation one of the trustees fend one's self by the sword. [Abbr. defense, q. a college. [ME. felawe, Ic.felagi, a partner in a v.] — Ring fence. A fence encircling a whole estate. = a ociation, a laying together of prop- — Post-and-rail f. One of rails sustained by morfr. fe, property (see Fee), andta^. a laying totised posts. — Virginia f, Worm f, Rail f. Trie ziglaw.] [Fellow often used in composition, zag fence of split rails without posts. — To be on thef. an a ociate, or sometimes equality.] — To be uncommitted in respect to opposing policies. n. A student in an Eng. uni- — Fencele , a. Without a fence; open; unguarded. who commons, or dines, with the fellows. — — Fen'cer. — Fen'cible, -sY-bl, a. Capable of ben. One of the same race or kind one ing defended, or of making or affording defense.— by the same Creator. feel'ing, n. Symn. {Mil.) A soldier enlisted for the defense of the a like feeling. — Fellowship, n. State or country, and not liable to be sent abroad. — Fen'- of being a fellow or a ociate; familiar incing, n. Art of self-defense with the sword maa state of being together partnership terials for making fences a system of fences. a ociation company. {Eng. Universities.) A Fend, fend, v. To keep off, shut out. — v. To for the maintenance of a resident act in opposition, resist, parry. [Abbr. fr. defend, {Arith.) Rule for dividing profit and lo q. v.] —Fend'er, n. One who, or that which, etc. esp. partners. — Good fellowship. Fondne for a metallic frame to hinder coals of fire from rolling trustworthine kind benavior. to the floor a buffer to prevent a ve el from strikfell*, Felloe, n. A curved segment of the ing against a wharf or another ve el. of a wheel, between the spokes and tire. [AS. Fenestra!, fe-nes'tral, a. Pert, to windows. [L. fe- D. relg, G.felge, a felly; AS. feolan, to stick, nestra, window.] felahan, to put together.] Fenian, fe'nt-an, n. A member of an organization fel'on, n. {Law.) One who has committed for the overthrow of English rule in Ireland. [Name One guilty or capable of heinous crime crim of the old militia of Ireland, — called after Fin, malefactor. {Med.) A whitlow; paronychia; Fionn, or Fingal, a hero of tradition.] of a finger or toe. — a. Malignant; Fennec, fen'nek, n. A fox-like animal of Africa. traitorous disloyal. [OF. LL. fello, felo, Fennel, fen'nel, n. A plant of various species, culti traitor, Ga. feallan, felon, traitor, fr. Ga. and vated for its carminative seeds, or as a salad plant. to betray, Ir. feal, Armor, fall, evil perh. [AS. finol, L. feniculum, dim. of fenum, hay.] fell (adj.), fail, q. v.] — FeKony, -nt, n. {Eng. Fenny. See under Fen. An offense which occasions forfeiture of Fenugreek, fen'u-grek, n. A plant, whose seeds are or goods at the common law, and to which emollient, and are used, esp. by the Arabs, in fo» or other punishment may be added. A he i mentations for horses and cattle. [L.fcenum Grsec* crime esp. one punishable by death or imprisurn, Greek hay.] — Felo'nious, -nY-us, a. Having the qual- Feod, Feoff, etc. See under Fee. of felony malicious villainous perfidious. — Feral, fe'ral, a. Wild, — said of animals or plants, adv. — Fe'lo-de-se', n. A self-murformerly domesticated, but running wild. [L. fer us, a suicide. [LL., a felon upon himself.] wild. See Ferocious.] — Feline, -rin, a. Wild Felspathic. See Feldspar. untamed; savage, See Feel. Feretory, fSr'e-to-rT, n. A portable bier or shrine for felt, n. Cloth or stuff of wool, or wool and fur, relics of saints tomb in which their bodies are dewoven, but wrought into a compact substance posited. VL.feretrum, fr. ferre, to carry, Gr. phererubbing or beating a hat made of wool. — v. tron, pherein.] make into, or cover with, felt. [D. Sw. and Ferial, felt-al, a. Pert, to holidays. [L. feria, holi- G. Gr. pilos, felt, L. pileus, a felt hat day.] — Felt'ing, n. Material of which felt is Ferment, fer'ment, n. That which causes ferment a felt-cloth. tion heat tumult. [L. fermentum, yeast, contr. for fe-luk'ka, n. {Naut.) A ve el, with oars fervimentum, fervere, to boil, ferment.] — Ferlateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. [It. ment', v. To cause ferment or fermentation in. — Sp.faluca, Ar.ful/c, ship.] v. To undergo fermentation, work, effervesce; to fel'wSrt, n. A plant a species of gentian. be active or excited.—Ferment' able, a.— Ferment a'- corrup. of field-wort.'] tlon, n. That effervescent change of organic subfe'mai, n. One of the sex that bears young. stances by which their starch, sugar, gluten, etc., A plant which bears the pistil, is imp reg under the influence of moisture, air, and warmth, are by pollen of male flowers, and produces fruit. decomposed and their elements recombined in new a. Pert, to the sex which conceives and gives compounds; active state of the intellect or feelings. or to an individual of the female sex char- — Saccharine fermentation changes starch and gum of the sex feminine. {Bot.) Having into sugar vinous converts sugar into alcohol; aceand no stamens pistillate. [OF. femelle, fetous changes alcohol and other substances into vine- L. femella, young woman, dim. of femina, gar viscous converts sugar into a mucilaginous subperh. fetus.] — Female rhymes. (Pros.) stance putrefactive attends the decomposition of rhymes, or rhymes in which two syllables substances containing nitrogen. — Fermenfative, French called/emaZe syllables), an accented and -tiv, a. Causing, or consisting in, etc. unaccented one, correspond at the end of each Fern, fern, n. (Bot.) An order of cryptogamoua — F. screw. The spiral-threaded cavity into plants, having their fructification on another screw turns. — Feminine, -T-nin, a. the back of the fronds or leaves. [AS. to woman womanish womanly having the fearn, D. varen, fern, G.farnkraut, of a female; modest, graceful, affectionate, feather-plant, Skr. parna, feather, lacking manly force or vigor, effeminate. leaf, tree.] — Fern'y, a. Abound- Having a form belonging esp. to words ing in, or overgrown with, fern. are epithets of females. [OF. feminin, L. Ferocious, fe-ro's hus, a. Indicating Femininity, n. Quality or nature of, cruelty* ravenous; fierce; savage; bar- — Femeor Femme-covert, fem-kuv'ert, n. barous. [OF. feroce, L. ferox, -ocis, A married woman. See Coverture, under fierce, fr. fer us, wild, fer a, Gr. ther, [F. femme, OF. feme (L. femina), woman, wild beast perh. deer.] — Fero'- OF. covert, p. p. of couvrir, to cover.] — Femeciously, adv. — Ferociousne , Feroc'- Fern. Femme-sole -soK, n. A single or unmarried ity, -ros'T-tY, n. State of being, etc. [F. ferocity, [OF. sole,.L. solus, sole, alone.] L. ferocitas.] — Fierce, fers, a. Furious violent fem'o-ral, a. Pert, to the thigh. [L. femur, impetuous, as beasts, storms, etc.; exce ively eager thigh.] or ardent vehement in cruelty; fell. [OF. fiers, fier, fen, n. Boggy land; moor; marsh. [AS. and Ic. far, L. fer us.] — Fiercely, adv. — Fierce'ne , n. D. i-een, Goth, fan i, OHG. fenni, mud Gr. pe- Ferreous, fgr're-us, a. Partaking of, made of, pert, to, mud. L. pal us, a marsh.] — Fen'ny, -nt, a. Pert, or like, iron. [L. ferrus, f ferrum, iron.] — Fer'- inhabiting, or abounding in, fens swampy. rate, -rat, n. {Chem.) A salt consisting of ferric fens, n. That which fends off attack or danacid in combination with a base. — Fer'ric. a. Pert, a wall, hedge, or other inclosing structure to, or extracted from, iron. [F. ferrique.] —Ferric afield, etc., esp. a wooden barrier; self-defense acid. {Chem.) An acid consisting of one atom of — am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, eve, t8rm In, Ice 5dd, t5ne, dr 219 FERRET 203 iron and 3 of oxygen. — Fer'rous, -rus, a. Pert, to, or derived from, etc., — said of compounds containing le iron than ferric compounds. — Fer'ro-cy'- anate, -si'a-nat, n. (Chem.) A compound of ier- — rocyanic acid with a base. cyanic, a. Pert, to, — or derived from, iron and cyanogen. -cy'anide, -nid, A compound of the proto-cyanide of iron with some other cyanide. — Ferlotype, -tip, A photog rap hie picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion proce . [Gr. tupos, impre ion.] —Ferru'ginous, -roc'jt-nus, a. Partaking of, or containing particles of, iron resembling iron-rust in appearance or color. [L. ferrugo, rust, ferrum.] Ferret, fgr'ret, An animal of the weasel kind. [OF. furet, LL. furetus perh. f L. fur, a thief prob. Armor, fur, W.jfrer, wise, W.fiured, a ferret.] — v. [ferreted, -eting.J To drive or hunt out of a hiding place to search carefully. Ferret, ferlet, A kind of narrow tape, of silk or woolen. fioretto, dim. of fiore, h.fios, a flower.] Ferret, fer' {Gla Manuf.) The iron used to try melted matter, to see is to work, and to make the rings at the mouths of bottles. Ferrule, fSrlil or fSrlool, n. A ring of metal round the end of a cane, tool-handle, etc., to prevent splitting. [OF. virole, LL. virola, L. viriola, dim. of virtu, a bracelet, viere, to twist, bind round.]