felsophyre (felsofir)

[Irreg. felspar, felspath (fel'spär, -spath), n. Same IMG:content-1205.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1206.png:[blocks in formation] I schal fonde, bi my fayth, to fylter wyth the best, Er me wont the wedez, with help of my frendez. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 986. felt1 (felt), n. [ felt , felt = D. vilt 2. To mingle; mix. = LG. filt = OHG. MHG. G. filz = Sw. Dan. filt , felt; hence ( feltrum , filtrum , > It. feltro Sp. fieltro = Pr. feutre = OF. feutre , fautre , F. feutre = MGr. ἀφέλετρον , felt: see felter and filter , and cf. feuter1 .] 1. An unwoven fabric of short hair or wool, or of wool and fur, agglutinated or matted together, with the aid usually of moisture and heat, by rolling, beat- ing, and pre ure. The property of felting results chiefly from the serrated or jagged structure of wool and most hairs, as well as from the crimped or wavy form natu- ral to some animal fibers. The making of felt is thought to have originated at a very early date in the western part of Asia, and the best and most durable felt is still made in Persia and the neighboring countries. Felt floor-mats an inch or more thick and of admirable texture and printed in rich designs in color are used upon marble and tiled floors in Persia. (See numud .) In Europe, throughout the mid- dle ages and later, felt was a usual material for hats, and We also used for stuffing or bombasting garments for both defense and fashion. Felt is now in general use not only for hats, but for clothing and upholstery, carpets, table- covers, and mats, jackets for steam-boilers, etc., and lin- Howbeit, they are of discretion to make feltes of Camels haire, wherewith they clothe themselues, and which they holde against the winde. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 57. Shak., Lear, iv. 6. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt . 2. A piece of this material; some article of wearing-apparel made of it; specifically, a hat made of felted wool. felt-grain (felt'grān), n. The grain of timber which splits radially acro its annular rings or plates in the direction of the center. Compare quarter -grain. felth (felth), n. A variant of feelth . felting (fel'ting), n. [Verbal n. of felt1 , v.] 1. The proce by which felt is made. - 2. The materials of which felt is made.-3. Felt, in a general sense: as, a quantity of felting .-4. In carp ., the splitting or sawing of timber in the direction of the felt-grain. felting-machine (felting-ma-shēn“), n . In mach.: (a) A machine for felting or matting to- either by pa ing them between surfaces which subject them to a rubbing action, or by beating them, as in a full- ing-mill. (b) A machine for felting material into a cloth or web. felt maker (felt'mā"ker), n. One whose occu- pation is the making of felt. feltne (felt'nes), n. [ felt2 + -ne .] The quality of being felt or experienced. [Rare.] A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloke. B. Jonson, Alchemist, i. 1. This Fellow would have bound me to a Maker of Felts . Congreve, Way of the World, iii. 15. The youth with joy unfeigned Regained the felt , and felt what he regained, While to the applauding galleries grateful Pat Made a low bow, and touched the ransomed hat. 3. A thick matted growth of weeds, spreading by their roots. [Prov. Eng.] -4t. Fell; skin. To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer , Husbandry. His fax and his foretoppe was filterede to-geders. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1078. mullen, felt , felt, + wyrt , wort1.] The mullen, Verbascum Thapsus: so called from its felty leaves. felty (fel'ti), a . [ felt1 + -y1.] Resembling felt; felt-like. IMG:content-1207.png:[blocks in formation] an inclination forward, and capable of being propelled also by oars, of which it can carry from eight to twelve on each side. Feluccas are seldom decked, but in the stern they have an awning or little house for shelter. The cutwater terminates in a long beak. Feluccas were formerly used for pa engers and despatches where great speed was required, but are now le common than formerly, and serve the ordinary purpose of coasters and fishing-boats. Ve els closely similar in model and rig are used on some of the Swi lakes. by five, and not twice so big as a wherry; yet will she for a space keep way with a galley. Sandys , Travailes, p. 183. We embarqued in a filuca for Ligorne [Leghorn]. Do you see that Livornese felucca , That ve el to the windward yonder, Running with her gunwale under? felwett, n . felwort (fel'wert), n. [E. dial. (the reg. E. form would be * field wort ), feldwort , -wyrt, feldwyrt , gentian, feld , field, + wyrt, wort1.] A name for species of gentian. felyolet, n. See filiole . zonder standys rauens thre, Twa males and o [one] femel . Seven Sages (ed. Wright), 1. 3269. Compare such a bird with a large female of the barn- owl of Van Diemen's Land. Stand . Nat . Hist ., IV. 347. (b) In bot . , a plant which produces fruit; that plant which bears the pistil and receives the pollen or fertilizing element of the male plant, or the analogous organ in cryptogams. Who is this, what thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing. Behind him walk several of his female relations and friends. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 62. By extension-2. ( a ) Pertaining to the sex, of any animal, which brings forth young. ( b ) In bot ., pertaining to the kind of plants which produces fruit; pistil-bearing; pistillate; pro- ducing pistillate flowers, or, in the case of cryp- togams, producing the organ analogous to the pistil, the organ which receives the fertilizing element of the male plant and produces the sex- ual spores. (c) Pertaining to or noting some inanimate object a ociated or contrasted with another as its complement or opposite. Thei [diamonds] growen to gedre, male and femele . Mandeville , Travels, p. 158. ing to their colours-the deep coloured or indigo sap- phire was the male; the pale blue, approaching the white, the female . Quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 304. 3. Characteristic of a woman; feminine; hence, weak, womanly, tender, etc. Boys, with women's voices, Strive to speak big, and clap their female joints In stiff unwieldy arms against thy crown. IMG:content-1208.png:[blocks in formation] femalize And when they consider, besides this, the very formation of the word Kοινονοημοσύνη upon the model of the other fe maliz'd virtues, the Εὐγνωμοσύνη , Σωφροσύνη , Δικαιοσύνη , ., they will no longer hesitate on this interpretation. Shaftesbury , Freedom of Wit and Humour, iii. "Femalized Christian names" used to be far more common than they are now. N. and Q., 7th ser., III. 178. feme, femme (fem; F. pron. fam), n . [OF. feme , femme, F. femme = Pr. femna = Sp. hembra , fembra = It. femina , femmina , femina , woman: see female .] A woman. - Baron and feme. See baron , 3.- Feme covert, a married woman, who is considered as being under the influence and protection of her husband. Also called covert -baron.- Feme sole, in law : (a) An unmarried woman, whether a spinster or a widow. (b) A married woman who with respect to property is as independent of her husband as if she were unmarried.