felicitation (felisitashon)

[F. félici tation = Sp. felicitacion = Pg. felicitação = It. felicitazione, How radiant and level the long Road of the Future seemed to open before him! - everywhere friends, prospects, felicitations. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 753. =Syn. Congratulation, Felicitation. See congratulation. felicitous (fe-lis'i-tus), a. [ Cowper has rendered his best service to English poetry by showing with what felicitous grace the blank verse lends itself to far other styles than the stately Miltonic movement. J. C. Shairp , Aspects of Poetry, p. 131. = Syn. Fortunate, etc. (see happy ); apt, pertinent, opportune, well-put. felicitously (fē-lis'i-tus-li), adv. In a felicitous manner; happily; appropriately; aptly. On the part of Cole ridge, of all men, it could certainly have demanded very little reflection to bethink himself of cases in which felicitously conveys one's meaning better than happily: the two words not being by any means synonymous, in the strict sense of the term. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 76. felicitousne (fe-lis'i-tus-nes), n . The state or quality of being felicitous; appropriatene ; aptne . Bailey , 1727. = felicity (fe-lis'i-ti), n.; pl. felicities (-tiz). [ Pr. felicitat = Sp. felicidad = Pg. felicidade fruitful, fertile, productive, If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. A thing beloved By earth and heaven: could she be Made for his sole felicity ? William Morris , Earthly Paradise, II. 36. 2. That which produces or promotes happine ; a felicitous circumstance or state of things; a source of happine : most commonly in the plural. Their high estates and felicities fell many times into inost lowe and lamentable fortunes. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 26. The felicities of her wonderful reign may be complete. Bp. Atterbury. 3. A skilful or happy faculty or turn; felicitous adroitne or propriety; a happy knack or choice; appropriatene : as, a rare felicity of phrase. A painter may make a better face than ever was, but he must do it by a kind of felicity (as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music), and not by rule. Bacon , Beauty. Bartholomew Dandridge, son of a house painter, had great busine from his felicity in taking a likene . Walpole , Anecdotes of Painting, IV. iii. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 118. He [Gray] had exquisite felicity of choice. Felinia Searle fell into unceasing talk and exhaled his swarming est mixture of wisdom and folly. impre ions with a tender felicity, compounded of the odd. H. James, Jr., Pa . Pilgrim, p. 104. 4. An appropriate or happy turn of thought or expre ion. On the whole, of Byron's style it may be said that, if it has none of the subtle and curious felicities in which some poets delight, it is yet language in its first intention, not reflected over or exquisitely distilled. J. C. Shairp , Aspects of Poetry, p. 148. Who will say that the uncommon beauty and marvellous English of the Protestant Bible is not one of the strong holds of heresy in this country?.. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. F. W. Faber , quoted in Dub. Rev., June, 1853. 5. In astrol . , a favorable aspect. But they wol caste yat the i haue a for tun at planete in hir as send ent; and yit in his felicite , and than sey they yat it is wel. Chaucer . =Syn. 1. Ble edne , Bli , etc. (see happine ); joy, comfort, bli fulne , succe , good fortune. - 3. Aptne . felid (fe'lid), n. One of the Felida. Felidæ (fēʻli-dē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-1192.jpg:[graphic][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] Skull of Cat ( Felis domestic a ), showing the following bones, viz.: na, nasal; pm , premaxillary; m , maxillary: 1, lacrymal; /, frontal; 1, jugal; pa, palatine, parietal; sq , squamosal; ip , interparietal; so , supra-occipital; co , 0 , exoccipital (the line leads to the occipital condyle); 1, tympanic bulla; smf , stylo mastoid foramen; mf , mental foramen; c, coronoid proce of mandible; ar , ascending ramus of mandible; ir, horizontal ramus of mandible; an, angle of jaw. glands present; and the penis-bone rudimentary. The domestic cat is a characteristic example, all the species having the same family traits and habits as well as structure. They are numerous, distributed over nearly all parts of the world excepting the Australian region, especially in temperate and tropical countries; none is common to the old and new worlds. The family is very homogeneous, and all the species were formerly included in the genus Felis. It includes, besides the common cat, the lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, panther, cougar, ocelot, ounce, caracal, serval, lynx, chetah, etc. The Felidæ are divisible into three subfamilies: Felinæ, the true cats; Guepardinæ, the hunting leopards; and Machœrodontinæ, the fo il saber-toothed feliform (fe'li-form), a. cat. See these words. [ felis , a cat, + form a, form.] Having the form or aspect of a Felinæ (fe-li'nē), n. pl. [NL., feline (fe'lin or -lin), a. and n. [F. félin = Pg. It. felino, His eyes were yellow, feline , and restle . T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, iv. II. n. One of the Felidæ or Felina ; a feline or cat-like animal; in popular use, a domestic cat. Over a hundred years ago, it is said, a great battle of felines took place in the neighborhood of the town, which was participated in by all the cats in the city and county of Kilkenny, aided and abetted by cats from other parts of Ireland. Amer N and Q. , I 269 Felinia (fe-lin'i-a), n. [NL., felinus , catlike: see feline .] A genus of noctuid moths, of the subfamily Remigine , with extraordinarily felitomist (fe-lit'ō-mist), n. [ felitomy + -ist.] A di ector of cats. Wilder and Gage . felitomy (fe-lit'ō-mi), n. [L. felis , a cat, + Gr. τομή, a cutting.] The di ection of cats. Felitomy should be the stepping stone to anthropotomy. Wilder, New York Med. Jour., Oct., 1879, p. 6. felk (felk), n. A dialectal variant of felly1 . felll (fel), v . t. [ fellen (pret. felde , feld , pp. feld ), cause to fall, cut down, strike down, prostrate, destroy, fyllan (pret. felde, fylde , pp. fylled ), cause to fall, cut down, strike down, etc. (= OS. fellian = OFries. fella , fall a = D. vellen = OHG. fellen , MHG. vellen , G. fällen = Icel. fella = Sw. fälla = Dan. fælde , cause to fall), caus. of feallan , fall: see fall1.j 1. To cause to fall; throw down; cut down; bring to the ground, either by cutting, as with ax or sword, or by striking, as with a club or the fist: as, to fell trees; to fell an ox; to fell an antagonist at fisticuffs. There cam a schrewde arwe out of the west, That felde Roberts pryde. IMG:content-1193.png:[blocks in formation] He spoke in words part heard, in whispers part, Half-suffocated in the hoary fell And many-winter'd fleece of throat and chin. Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. But who is she, woman of northern blood, With fells of yellow hair and ruddy looks? R. H. Stoddard , Guests of the State. fell4 (fel), a . [ fel , fell , strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry, * fel , * felo , only in comp. wal - fel (once), bloodthirsty, lit. eager for slain (applied to a raven), eal - felo , var. al- fale (twice), 'very dire' (applied to poison), = fal (in one uncertain instance) disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim. Cf. OF. fel , cruel, furious, perverse, fel . 1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and un- sparing; grim; fierce; ruthle . Sirs, the knyghtes of the rounde table haue take a-gein vs a fell str if, ffor that the i be greved with oure part ye. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 489. Sum sall be milde and meke and sum both fers and fell . York Plays , p. 12. Fight with the fellest monster. And near him many a fiendish eye Glared with a fell malignity. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 13. Merlyn, that knewe well that these iiij com to inquere after hym, drough hym towarde oon of the richest of the company, for that he wiste hym moste fell and hasty. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 30. Burns , A Winter Night. Sharply; fiercely. Biting Boreas fell and doure. Robyn and Gandelyn (Child's Ballads, V. 40). fell4+, adv . [ fell4 , a.] Cease your Lamentings, Trojans, for a while, And fell down Trees to build a Fun'ral Pile. He was not armed like those of eastern clime, Whose heavy axes felled their heathen foe. 2. In sewing , to flatten on and sew down level with the cloth: as, to fell a seam. Each, taking one end of the shirt on her knee, Again began working with hearty good-will, Felling the seams, and whipping the frill. fell3 (fel), n. [ fel , fell , fel , fell , a skin, hide, OS. fel = OFries. fel = D. vel = OHG. fel , G. fell = Icel. fjall and fell (only in comp.) = Sw. fäll = Norw. feld , skin, hide, = Goth. fill (only in comp. thruts - fill , leprosy) = L. pell is = Gr. πέλλα , a skin, hide. From the L. pell is are derived E. pell , pelt2 , peltry , peli e , surplice, etc.] 1. The skin or hide of an ani- mal; a pelt; hence, an integument of any kind. [Obsolete or archaic.] He and alle his kyn at ones Ben worthy for to brennen, fel and bones. Chaucer, Troilus, i. 91. The Chest-nut (next the meat) within Is cover'd (last) with a soft, slender skin, That skin inclos'd in a tough tawny shel, That shel in-cas't in a thick thistly fell . Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. The good years shall devour them, flesh and fell . Shak., Lear, v. 3. But tho' she followed him fast and fell , No nearer could she get. 2. A sawing-, boring-, or chiseling-machine for cutting down trees; a felling-machine.-3. An attachment to a sewing-machine, for the more convenient felling of seams. [ fel fellic, fellinic (fel'ik, fe-lin'ik), a . ( fell- ), gall, + -ic . ] Obtained from bile: as, fellifluous (fe-lif'lö-us), a. [ fell i flu us , flowing with gall, L. fel ( fell- ), gall, + fluere , flow: see fluent .] Flowing with gall. felling-ax (fel'ing-aks), n . An ax especially contrived for cutting down trees, as dist in- guished from axes used in lopping, hewing, etc. felling-machine (fel'ing-ma-shen"), n. A ma- chine for cutting standing timber; a feller. felling-saw (fel'ing-sa), n . A long saw used with steam-power in a felling-machine, or by hand, for felling trees. fellinic, a. See fellic . fell-lurking (fel'ler king), a. Lurking with a fell or treacherous purpose. Call hither to the stake my two brave bears, That, with the very shaking of their chains, They may astonish these fell - lurking curs. So I set out and rode to Ware, this night, in the way having much discourse with a fellmonger , a quaker, who told me what a wicked man he had been all his life-time till within this two years. Pepys , Diary, I. 204. fellne (fel'nes), n . [ Then would she inly fret, and grieve, and teare Her flesh for felne e , which she inward hid. IMG:content-1194.png:[blocks in formation] The fell ffs , or out parts of a wheele, that compa e in the whole. Chapman , Iliad, iv. fellont, n. See felon2. fellow (fel'ō), n. [Early mod. E. also fellowe , felloe , felowe , feloe ; felow , felowe , felaw , felawe , felaghe , felage , etc., a companion, as- sociate, félag i , a companion, partner, shareholder, félag , a partnership, fellowship, Annan Water (Child's Ballads, II. 188). lit. a laying together of property, fë , property O he was ridden o'er field and fell , Through muir and mo , and mony a mire. The night-birds all that hour were still, But now they are jubilant anew. From cliff and tower, tu-whoo! tu-whoo! Tu-whoo! tu-whoo-from wood and fell . Cole ridge, Christ a bel, i., Conclusion. He went on until evening shadows and ruddy evening lights came out upon the wild fells . fell6+ (fel), n. [L. fel ( fell- ), gall, bile, fig. bit- terne , animosity, = E. galll , q.v.] Gall; an- IMG:content-1195.png:[blocks in formation] fell7t (fel), n. [E. dial.] In mining , one of the many names of lead ore formerly current in Derby shire, England. fellable (fel'a-bl), a . [ fell1 + -able .] Capa- ble of being or fit to be felled. E. Phillips , 1706. fellah (fel'ä), n .; pl. fellahs , fellaheen (-äz, -a- hen). [Ar. fellāh , pl. fellāhin , a plowman, a peasant; cf. falaha , agriculture, falaha , cleave (the soil), plow, till.] An Egyptian or Syrian peasant, laborer, or tiller of the soil. The fellahs or fellaheen of Egypt, including all the working cla es, but chiefly agricultural laborers, are of mixed Coptic, Arabian, and Nubian stock, and are socially and politi cally degraded. The Turks apply the name contemptu- ously to all Egyptians. [the the No impediment was ever placed in the way of soldiers'] going off, sometimes for weeks together fellaheen to look after their crops and harvests, the Bed- ouins to graze their camels, and their flocks and herds. J. Darmsteter , The Mahdi, p. 117. The tax-oppre ed fellaheen of Egypt still tread out the wheat with oxen and grind the straw with the feet of beasts and with wooden drags. My Felawes and I, with oure zomen, we serve den this Mandeville, Travels, p. 220. This old fader that is my felaw here, He canne telle that as wele as any wight. 2. One of the same kind; one of like character or qualities; an equal; a peer or compeer. It is impo ible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow . Shak ., J. C., v. 3. My liege, this was my glove; here is the fellow of it. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 8. Two shoes that were not fellows . Defoe , Robinson Crusoe, p. 46. 4. A masculine mate: applied to beasts. Heifers are let go to the fellow and breed. fellow And than they wente to sitte down all v to-geder as goode Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 318. felowes and trewe. It was well knowen that Syr Roger had bene a good feloe in his yougth. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 62. Third Shep. But hark you, That's all one; We must not call him emperor. First Count. He is the king of good fellows ; that's no treason. Fletcher (and another ?), Prophete , v. 2. 6. (a) A person in general; an individual: generally used in friendly familiarity of a man, and sometimes humorously of a woman. Alas, poor Yorick! - I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. Though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors. Dekker, Old For tun at us. Nay, he [Mr. Swiveller] sometimes rewarded her [Mi Bra ] with a hearty slap on the back, and protested that Dickens, Old Curiosity Shop, xxxvi. she was a devilish good fellow. (b) A man; a boy; one, in the sense of 'a person': in vulgar vulgar parlance, commonly applied by the speaker to himself: as, give a fellow a chance; don't be hard on a fellow. Ef you take a sword an' dror it, An' go stick a feller thru. Lowell , Biglow Papers. 7. A person of trivial or disreputable character; a man of no esteem: said in contempt. Worth makes the Man, the want of it the fellow. Pope, E ay on Man, iv. 203. Did Sir Aylmer know That great pock-pitten fellow had been caught? Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. interest. 2175 Yet for us, surely, fellow - countrymen have an especial Edinburgh Rev., CLXVI. 446. fellow-craft (fel'ō-kraft), n. A freemason of the second rank; one above an entered apprentice and below a master-mason. Simmonds. fellow-creature (fel-ō-krē tūr), n. A production of the same Creator; a sharer of the same Creator: animate existence: applied especially to mankind, but also extended to all animate existences. Also fellow - mortal . Not a ble ing reaches any one of us but by ordinances which provide for all fellow -creatures. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 68. We love him, praise him, just for this: In every form and feature, Through wealth and want, through woe and bli , He saw his fellow -creature! O. W. Holmes, Burns Centennial.