Fortune

[Fr., from Lat. for tuna, a lengthened form of fors, chance, hap, luck, from ferre, to bring or bear.] Whatever arrives or occurs; chance; hap; luck; fate; accident; event; the good or ill that befalls a man; succe , good or bad. - Appointed lot in life; destiny; futurity. "You who men's fortunes in their faces read."- Cowley. -The chance of life; the means of living. "His father dying, he was driven to London to seek his fortune." Swift . -Wealth; estate; po e ions; great wealth; as, to come into a fortune , to squander a fortune. dower. mandel coast, 12 m. from Pond i cherry.-An English -The portion of a man or woman, generally of a woman; factory, established here in 1691, became, after the capture of Madras by the French in 1746, the head of -v. n. To come casually to pa ; to happen; to fall out; the British East Indian settlements. In 1758 it was captured by Count de Lally-Tollendal, who dismantled the fortifications. Fort St. Frederick, in New York, one of the fort i cations of Crown Point. Fort St. Philip, in Louisiana, a fortification on the Mi i ippi river, opposite Fort Jackson ( q. v.). Fort Stan'ton, in New Mexico, a P. O. of Lincoln co. Fort Stock'ton, in Texas, a post-village, cap. of Pecos county. Fort Stead'man, in Virginia , on the James river, about 18 m. below Richmond. It was captured by the Confederates, March 14, 1865, and retaken by the Union troops shortly afterward. Fort Stephens, in Mi i ippi , a P. O. of Kemper co. Fort Sullivan, in Maine , the most E. fortification of the U. S., defending East port. Fort Sum'ner, in N. Mex ., a P. O. of Guadalupe co. Fort Sum'ter, in South Carolina . See SUMTER, FORT. Forts'ville, in Georgia , a village of Jones co., about 18 m. W. of Milledgeville. Forts'ville, or FORTVILLE, in Indiana , a post-village of Hancock co., about 10 m. N. E. of Indianapolis. Forts/ville, in New York , a P. O. of Saratoga co. Fort Taylor, in Florida , a fortification of Key West, commanding the N. entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. Fort Thomas, in Arizona , a P. O. of Graham co. Fort Ticonderoga, in New York . See TICONDEROGA. Fort Tompkins, in New York , on Staten Island, at the entrance of New York harbor, and opposite Fort Hamilton. Fort Tow's on, in Indian Territory , a fort of the Choctaw Nation, on the Kiamishi river, a few m. above its confluence with the Red river. Fort Trum'bull, in Connecticut , a revolutionary fort on the W. side of the Thames river, below New London and opposite Fort Griswold. Both are still garrisoned. Fortuitous, a . to befall. "Here fortuned Curll to slid a."- Pope. Fortune Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, on the S. coast of Newfoundland, Lat. 47° N., Lon. 55° W. Fortune-hunt'er, n. A man who seeks to marry a woman with a large fortune or dowry, with a view to enrich himself.