Feetail

[FEE, q. v., and Fr. taillé, cut.] ( Law.) An estate descendible by inheritance, but limited to some special heirs. Feet'le , a . Wanting feet; as, " feetle birds." Camden. Feeze, v. a. and n. Same as FEAZE, q. v. Fehmern, Femern, ( fa'mern ,) an island belonging to Denmark, lying in the Baltic, bet. Lat. 26°10′ N., and Lon. 11° 12′ E.; area , 70 sq. m. Surface, level; soil, fertile, producing corn, Cattle are abundant. Ind . The inhabitants are mostly engaged in fishing and coastwise navigation. Pop . abt. 8,000. Fehrbellin, ( fere - bel - leen ',) a town of Pru ia, abt. 33 m. N.N.W. of Potsdam; pop . about 1,650. In 1675 the Swedes were here defeated by the elector of Brandenburg. Feia, ( fay'a ,) a large lake of Brazil, 130 m. N.E. of Rio Janeiro, connecting with the Atlantic by the Furado Canal. It abounds with fish. Feign, ( fane ,) v. a. [Fr. feindre , from Lat. fingere , to form, to make; the root fig is found in Lat. figura .] To invent; to image by an act of the mind; to imagine; to contrive as an appearance or semblance; to a ert by a fiction; to state as if true, that which is not so. -To make a show of; to represent falsely; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign lamene ; to feign sickne . Feigned, ( faned ,) p. a. Invented; imagined; a umed; pretended; as, a feigned friend, i . e . , a false friend. (Law A feigned i ue is where a case is tried on fictitious presentment before a jury, in order to establish a question of fact subsequently to come up in a real cause. Feign'edly, adv . Not really; fictitiously; pretendedly. Feign'edne , n . Want of reality; fiction; pretence; deceit. under Lieut. Wilkes explored these islands, 1838-'42; Feign'er, n. One who invents or devises fiction. and they pa ed under the sovereignty of Great Britain in 1874. Total area , 8,034 sq. m. Cap . Suva, on Viti Levu, the largest island.