Fathom

a. To reach; to master; to comprehend; to penetrate; to get to the bottom, or extent of; to measure by a sounding-line. Fathomable, a . That may be measured or fathomed. Fath'omer, n. One who measures or fathoms. Fath'omle , a. Bottomle ; incomprehensible; incapable of being sounded. - Not to be grasped with the arms; as, "a waist most fathomle ." ( Shaks .) Fatid'ical, a. [Fr. fatidique , Lat. fatidic us , from fatum, fate, and dicere, to tell.] Prophetic; able to announce future events. Fatid'ically, adv . In a prophetic manner. Fatif'erous, a . [Lat. fatum , fate, and ferre , to bring.] Deadly; destructive; mortal. Fatigue, (fa-teeg',) n. [Lat. fatigatio , from fatigare , which is compounded of the obs. fatim , quasi, satis , enough, and agere , to drive.] Wearine with bodily labor or mental exertion; la itude. - The cause of wearine ; labor; toil. ( Mil .) Extra duty; the labor of soldiers distinct from the use of arms; as, a fatigue -party or dre . -v. a. To employ to wearine ; to weary; to tire; to jade; to exhaust the strength by severe or long-contin- ued mental or bodily exertion; to hara ; to importune. Fatigued', p . a. Weary; tired; jaded; hara ed. Fatigue's ome, a . Wearisome. Fatiloquist, n. [Lat. fatum , fate, and loqui , to speak.] One who tells fortunes. Fat'imite, n. A descendant of Fatima, daughter of Mohammed. Fat'imites, n. pl. ( Hist .) The name of an Arabian dynasty which was founded by Mohadi-Obaidallah, who flourished from 910 to 936 A. D., and a erted that he descended from Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, and Ismael, a grandson of Ali. They reigned over Egypt and the N. of Africa till 1171. to Heb. path a and chale , pothah , to open, to allow one's self to be deceived.] Babbling; garrulous; open-mouthed; foolish; silly; weak-minded. -Illusory; deceptive; without reality. Fat'-witted, a. Dull; heavy; stupid. Faubourg, ( fõ'boorg ,) n. [Fr. faubourg , from fauz , false, and bourg , a market-town; Lat. burg us . A district now within, but which was formerly without the walls of a city; a suburb of a city. Fau'cal, a. [Lat. faucal is , from fauces , the throat, or opening of the throat.] Guttural; produced in the throat; said of certain sounds produced in the fauces, or opening of the throat. Fau'ces, n . pl . [Lat., from obs. faux - plu. fauces, probably from the obs. Gr. phare in , to cleave.) ( Anat .) The upper part of the throat, from the root of the tongue to the entrance of the gullet; the posterior part of the mouth terminated by the pharynx and larynx. ( Bot .) The gaping part or orifice of a monopetalous flower. (Conch.) The opening into the first chamber of a shell.