foutiness

[Eng. fouty; -ne .] Meanne , basene , obscenity. *fou-tra, s. (FOUTER.) A fig; a fico; a word of contempt. fou-tỹ, a. [O. Fr. foutu, pa. par. of foutre = to lecher.] Mean, base, disgraceful, despicable, ob scene. fō-vě-ą (pl. fō'-vě-æ), s. [Lat. a small pit. A euphonic form for fodea , from fod , the root of fodio to dig.] Anatomy : 1. Sing .: Various small pits, holes, or depre ions. Thus there is a Fovea anterior of the fourth ventricle, a Fovea or fo a oval is in the lower part of the wall between the auricles of the heart, and a Fovea central is in the middle of the anterior part of the eye-ball, where the retina is so thin as to look as if a hole existed in it. 2. Pl .: There are Foveæ glandulares in the parietal bones of most skulls, especially in those of old persons. (Quain.) fō-vě-āte, a. [Lat. fove ( a )=a pit; -ate.] Bot.: The same as FOVEOLATE (q. v.).