favi

Plural of favus, 1. favillous (fa-vil'us), a. [=OF. favilleux, OF. faville ), glowing ashes, embers.] 1. Consisting of or pertaining to ashes. fautor (fa'tor), n. [ I am neither author or fautor of any sect. B. Jonson, Discoveries. Fautor of learning, quinte ence of arts, Honour's true livelihood, monarch of hearts. Ford, Fame's Memorial, Epitaphs. The clergy swore to renounce the Pope for ever, and his constitutions and decrees;... to oppose them and their fautors to the utmost of their power. R. W. Dizon , Hist. Church of Eng., iv. We have not, on this side of the Channel, been in the habit of regarding the French stage as over-squeamish. It is far too squeamish for our fautor of "Naturalism. Contemporary Rev., LL. 67.