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A bugbear; anything which would when the i ue is important, but the event doubt fear-naught, fear-nought, s. & a. A. As substantive : Fabric : A heavy, shaggy, woolen fabric, used for seamen's coats, for lining port-holes and the doors of powder-magazines. It is also called Dreadnaught (q. v.). B. As adj .: Made of the fabric described in A. *fear-struck, a . Struck with fear or terror. *fear-surprised, a. Overcome by fear. fear, *fear-en, *feere, *fere, *fer-yn, v . t . & i. [A. S. færan to terrify; O. H. Ger. fáren ; M. H. Ger. váren ; Dut. varen , vervaren ; Sw. förfära .] A. Transitive : *1. To frighten; to terrify; to make afraid; to affright. "A sweuen whiche feerde me." - Wycliffe : Daniel iv. 1. *2. To frighten away; to drive away by causing fear; to scare. "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , ii. 1. ful; the thought of death is dreadful to one who feels himself unprepared. The frightful is le than the tremendous ; the tremendous than the terrible ; the terrible than the horrible : shrieks may be fright ful ; thunder and lightning may be tremendous : the roaring of a lion is terrible ; the glare of his eye terrific ; the actual spectacle of killing is horrible or horrid . In their general application these terms are often employed promiscuously to characterize whatever produces very strong impre ions; hence we may speak of a frightful , dreadful , terrible , or horrid dream; of a frightful , dreadful , or terrible tempest; dreadful , terrible , or horrid consequences. ( Crabb : Eng . Synon .) fear-fül-lý, *feare-ful-lye, adv. [Eng. fear ful; -ly.] 1. In a timid, frightened, or timorous manner. "Ellen and Margaret fearfully Sought comfort in each other's eye." Scott: Lady of the Lake, ii. 29. 2. In a manner to cause fear, terror, or alarm; frightfully, awfully; in an awe-inspiring manner. "There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confined deep." IMG:content-1490.png:[blocks in formation] *3. That may be used, worked, or tilled, as land. *B. As subst.: Anything practicable or po ible to be done. "We conclude many things impo ibilities, which are easy feasibles ."-Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a , ch. xii.