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47. eyer2t, n. An obsolete spelling of air1 . eyer3t, n. An obsolete spelling of heir . eye-reach (i'rēch), n. The range or reach of the eye; extent of vision; eyeshot. Is not he blest That gets a seat in eye- reach of him? B. Jonson, Sejanus, v. 10. eye-salve (i'säv), n. A medicated salve for the eyes. If we will but purge with sovrain eye - salve that intellectual ray which God hath planted in us, then we would beleeve the Scriptures protesting their own plainnes and perspicuity. Milton , Reformation in Eng., i. eye-servant (i's ervant), n. A servant who attends to his duty only when watched, or under the eye of his master or employer. eye-server (i'sèrver), n . Same as eye - servant . The man who loiters when the master is away is an eye server, which, I take it, is the opposite of a Christian. C. H. Spurge on, John Ploughman's Talks, p. 15. eye-service (i'sėr"vis), n. 1. Service performed only under inspection of the eye of an employer or master. Servants, obey in all things your masters.. Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singlene of heart, fearing God. Col. iii. 22. It is but an eye-service, whatsoever is compelled and involuntary. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 61. 2. Homage paid with the eyes. (Rare.] IMG:content-0983.jpg:[blocks in formation] I'll, by a willing death, remove the object That is an eyesore to you. eye-spotted (i's pot"ed), a. Marked with spots like eyes. Nor Junoes Bird in her ey - spotted traine So many goodly colours doth containe. eye-stalk (i'stâk), n . The stem or stalk upon which an eye is borne, as in the stalk-eyed crus- taceans; the ophthalmite. See cut under stalk- eyed. Coues. How can we see with feeble eyne The glory of that Majestie Divine? With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine. eyestone (i's ton), n. A small calcareous body, the operculum of small Turbinida , flat on one eyot, n. [Also eyet, eyght, etc., variant spell- side and convex on the other, used for removing ings of ait , q. v.] Same as ait . substances from between the eyelid and the eyeeyra (i'rä), n. ball. When put into the inner corner of the eye, it works ranging from its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it any for- eign substance which may be causing irritation. IMG:content-0984.png:[blocks in formation] The last words that my dying father spake, Before his eye - strings brake, shall not of me So often be remember'd as our meeting. A kind of wild cat, Felis eyra , Texas southward into South IMG:content-0985.jpg:[graphic] taches to the eye of the sprat. eyet, n. A variant form of eyot , ait . eye-tooth (i'töth), n. A tooth under the eye: a name given to the two canine teeth of the upper jaw, between the incisors and premolars. Also called dog - tooth . - To cut one's eye-teeth, or to have one's eye-teeth cut. See cut . IMG:content-0986.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] gans of many a, one strand stuck; b, all three strands low animals stuck once; c, all three strands stuck three times (finished splicing). which have been supposed to have a visual function. See eyel, and cut under Bal a no glo us . IMG:content-0987.png:[blocks in formation] the eyes. eye-water (i'water), n. 1. Same as eye-wash. -2. The fluid refractive media of the eye; the aqueous and vitreous humor. See eyel . Eye-water... is often a great annoyance [in taxidermy]. This liquor is slightly glairy, or rather gla y, and puts a sort of sizing on the plumage difficult to efface. IMG:content-0988.png:[blocks in formation] The eire of justize wende aboute in the londe. Robert of Gloucester , p. 517. These judges of a ise came into use in the room of the antient justices in eyre, justiciar i i in itinere. Black stone, Com., III. iv. eyret, n. A Middle English spelling of air1 . eyrest, v. i. An obsolete variant of aery2 . It is reported that the men of the country where the Eagle eyreth , etc. Turberville , Booke of Falconrie, etc. (1611), p. 10. This is a gentlewoman of a noble house, Born to a better fame than you can build her, And eyres above your pitch. IMG:content-0989.png:[blocks in formation] eyriet, eyryt, n. Old spellings of aery2 . eyset, n. A Middle English form of ease . eystert, n. An obsolete form of oyster . eytet, a. and n. An obsolete form of eight1. eythet, n. [ME. (rare), egethe , a harrow (cf. egethere , a harrower: words occurring but once each, in glo es), = D. egge = LG. egge = OHG. egida , ekitha , MHG. egede, egde, eide, G. dial. egde , eide, ede (G. egge , occa , Lith. akeczos , a harrow; perhaps ult. connected with L. acies , = E. edge : see edge .] A harrow. Theose foure, the faith to tec he, folwede Peers teom, And harowede in an hand-whyle, al holy scripture, With to [two] eythes that the i hadden, an olde and a newe. Piers Plowman (C), xxii. 273. 1. The sixth letter and fourth consonant in the English alphabet, as in the Latin and the Phenic i an, and also as in the early Greek alphabet, through which the Latin was derived from the Phenic i an (see A ), although it has gone out of use in the alphabet generally known to us as Greek. The Phenic i an character had the name vav or waw (meaning 'peg' or 'hook'), and its value was that of our English w . This same value it had in primi- tive Greek use, and it is found so used in western in scrip- tions, although lost too early to appear in eastern in scrip- tions. The sound, namely w , went gradually out of use in Greek, and its sign went with it. Since the latter some- what resembled in form one gamma (1) written above another, the Greek grammarians gave it the fanciful name of digamma or double gamma , by which therefore we gen- erally call it as a Greek letter. The comparative scheme of forms (compare A ) is as follows: IMG:content-0990.jpg:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] zati on , the syllable used for the fourth tone of the scale-that is, the subdominant. In the major scale of C this tone is F, which is there fore sometimes specifically called fa . fa' (fa), v. [Sc., also written faw ; = E. fall1 , v . , q. v.] I. in trans . To fall, in any sense. Wha for Scotland's King and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa ' , Let him follow me. Burns, Bruce's Addre . II. trans . 1. To have as one's lot or share; He well may fa ' a brighter bride, But nane that lo'es like me. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith, he maun a fa ' that. Fabian (fa'bi-an), a . [L. Fabianus , Fabius : see def.] Delaying; dilatory; avoiding battle, in the manner of Quintus Fabius Maximus, a Roman general, who in conducting military op- erations against Hannibal declined to risk a battle in the open field, but hara ed the enemy by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades. Met by the Fabian tactics, which proved fatal to its predece ors. Times (London). Fabiana (fa-bi-an'ä), n. [NL., named after Fabiano , a Spanish botanist.] A small sola- naceous genus of South American shrubs. F. imbricata is a heath-like evergreen of Chili, with small crowded leaves and a profusion of pure white flowers, for which it is occasionally cultivated. It has a peculiar aro- matic odor and bitter taste, and is a popular remedy in Chili for urinary disorders. fable (fa'bl), n. [ fable , fable , fau- ble , F. fable = Pr. fabla , faula = Sp. habla = Pg. fall a , speech, talk, language, mod. fabula , a fable, It. favola = D. fabel = MHG. fabele , fabel , favele , G. fabel = Dan. Sw. fabel , 3. Lot; chance. A towmond [twelvemonth] of trouble should that be my fa ' , IMG:content-0991.jpg:[blocks in formation] ill - fa'ard , ill-favored. Puir auld Scotland suffered aneugh by thae blackguard loons o' excisemen, the ill - fa'ard thieves. fab (fab), n. A Scotch form of fob2 . Faba (fa'ba), n. [L., a bean.] A genus of leguminous plants, by most authors included under the ge- nus Vicia . The only species, F. vulgar is ( Vicia Fa- ba), is the horse- Windsor-bean, which has been in cultivation from very early times, and the origin of which is not cer- tainly known, though it is said to been found wild in both cen- ern Africa. It is extensively culti- vated in the old world, where the seeds are used chiefly for feeding horses, and in a green state as a medieval music. (b) In the fixed system of solmization, the fourth tone of the scale of C, called fa , and hence so named by French mu- sicians. (c) On the keyboard of the pianoforte, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys. (d) The tone given by such a key, or a tone in unison with such a tone. (e) The degree of a staff a igned to such a key or tone; with the treble clef, the lower space or upper line (1). (f) A note on such a degree, indicating such a key or tone (2).-4. [ cap . or l.c.] [Abbr. of function .] In alg ., the sign of an bean.] Bean-like; leguminous. vegetable. Fabaceæ (fa- bā sē-ē), n. pl. [NL., fem. pl. of L. fabaceus , of beans: see fa- baceous.] Same as Leguminosa . fabaceous (fa- ba's hi us), a. [ fabaceus , of or consisting of beans, fab a , a operation in general, and especially of a func- tion having a differential coefficient.-5. An abbreviation -( a ) of Fellow (see F. R. S. , F. S. A. , etc.); (b) in physics , of Fahrenheit (which see); (c) in fisheries , of full fish -a commercial mark; ( d ) in a ship's log-book, of fog .-6. The chemical symbol of fluorin . -F clef. See clef . Horse-bean ( Faba vulgar is or Vicia Faba ). fabella (fa-bel'ä), n. [NL., dim. of L. fab a , a bean.] A sesamoid fibrocartilage, fibrocartilage, sometimes found o ified, developed in the gastrocnemius muscle, and situated on the back of the knee- joint or behind the condyle of the femur, in special relation with the fibula: as, "the fibu- lar fabella , " Owen . faber (fa'ber), n. [L., a smith: see fabric , fe- ver2.] A name of a fish, the dory, Zeus faber . IMG:content-0992.png:[graphic] Alas! by little ye to nothing flie, The peoples fable , and the spoyle of all. Knew you not that, sir? 'tis the common fable . B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. Syn. 1. Allegory , Parable , etc. (see simile ).-3. Inven- tion, fabrication, hoax. fable (fa'bl), v .; pret. and pp. fabled , ppr. fa- bling. [ fablen , fabler , faubler , fla- ber = Pr. favelar = Sp. hablar , speak, talk, etc., IMG:content-0993.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0994.png:[blocks in formation] As for Noah, the fabling Heathen, it is like, deified him. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 52. 3. To speak falsely; misrepresent; lie: often used euphemistically. For of the leste y wille you speke, And for to fabille I wille you nought. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 96. He fables not, I hear the enemy. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 2. Do you think I fable with you? B. Jonson, Alchemist, ii. 1. II. trans . To feign; invent; devise or fabri- cate; describe or relate feigningly. Bacon , Moral Fables, ii. I pray you sit not fabling here old tales. B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, iv. 1. Hauing before fabled a Catalogue out of Berosus of the ancient Kings. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 72. We mean to win, Or turn this heaven into the hell Milton , P. L., vi. 292. Thou fablest. fabled (fa'bld), p . a. Celebrated in fables; fab- ulously imagined. Hail, fabled grotto! hail, Elysian soil! Thou fairest spot of fair Britannia's isle! In such guise she stood, The fablers or i anglers and seekers out of prudence. Wyclif , Bar. iii. 23 (Oxf.). 2. A writer or speaker of fables or fictions; a fabulist; a dealer in feigned stories; a falsifier. IMG:content-0995.png:[blocks in formation] of innocent or wholesome superstition - the seeds of ex- agger at i on will be busy there, and vital-from every-day forms educing the unknown and the uncommon. Lamb , Elia, p. 160. fabric (fab'rik), n . [Formerly also fabrick , fab- rike, fabriq , fabrique (= D. fabriek = G. Dan. Sw. fabrik ); fabrique = Pr. fabriga = Sp. fábrica = Pg . fabric a = It. fabbrica , ca , a workshop, art, trade, product of art, struc- ture, fabric, faber , a workman (artisan, smith, carpenter, joiner, etc.) (> ult. fever2 , q. v.), prob. * fa in fa - c - ere , make: see fact . From L. fabric a , a workshop, through the vernacular OF. forge , comes E. forge , n., q. v.] 1. A structure of any kind; anything composed of parts systematically joined or connected. Spe- cifically-(a) The structure or frame of a building; more generally, the building itself; an edifice, as a house, a temple, a bridge, etc. Hee that desireth further to reade, or rather to see the old Ierusalem, with her holy Fabriques , let him resort to Arias Montan us his Anti quit ates Iudaicæ. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 106. The very idea of the fabrication of a new government The South church is richly paved with black and white is enough to fill us with disgust and horrour. marble: the West is a new fabriq . Burke , Rev. in France. Evelyn , Diary, Aug. 19, 1641. But that of Sancta Sophia, once a Christian Temple, ex- ceedeth not onely the rest,... but all other fabricks what- soever throughout the whole universe. Sandys , Travailes, p. 24. That Fabric rises high as Heav'n Whose Basis on Devotion stands. Prior , Engraved on a Column in the Church of Halstead. (b) A woven or felted cloth of any material or style of distinctively called textile fabric. Here and there a cobweb, woven to the consistence of a fabric, swung in the air. M. N. Murfree ( C. E. Craddock ) , Prophet of the Great [Smoky Mountains, x. conquest for the production of fabrics was the fiber of a plant called chaguar. U. S. Cons. Rep ., No. lxix. (1886), p. 92. 2. Any system of connected or interrelated parts: as, the universal fabric ; the social fab- ric. The Poets were wont to lay the foundations and first be- Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 1. IMG:content-0996.png:[blocks in formation] Congregation of the Fabric. See congregation , 6.- Corded fabric, a textile fabric whose pile is cut in ribs running in the direction of the length of the warp; or a fabric having larger and smaller threads alternately, thus making a ribbed surface. E. H. Knight. Elastic fab- ric. See elastic . - Fabric lands, lands given to provide for the rebuilding or repair of cathedrals and churches. - Mixed fabric, a textile fabric made of a combination of two or more fibers, as tweed, poplin, etc. - Textile fab- ric. See def. 1 (b). fabrict (fab'rik), v. t. [ fabric , n. Cf. fabri- cate.] To build; construct; put into form. He who hears what praying there is for light and clearer knowledge to be sent down among us, would think of other matters to be constituted beyond the discipline of Geneva, fram'd and fabric't already to our hands. fabricant (fab'ri-kant), n. [= D. G. Dan. Sw. fabrikant , fabricant = Sp. Pg. fabric ante = It. fabbricante , fabric an ( t- ) s , ppr. of fa- bricari : see fabricate .] A manufacturer; a working tradesman. Simmonds. fabricate (fab'ri-kāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. fab- ricated , ppr. fabricating . [ fabric at us , pp. of fabricari (> It. fabbricare = Sp. Pg. fabricar = Pr. fabregar = F. fabriquer = D. fabriceren = G. fabrizieren = Dan. fabrikere = Sw. fabrice- ra ), make, construct, frame, forge, build, etc., fabric a , a fabric, building, etc.: see fabric . See build; construct; form into a whole by joining the parts; form by art and labor; manufacture; make; produce: as, to fabricate a bridge or a ship; to fabricate woolens. Our artificial timepieces-clocks, watches, and chro- no meters-however ingeniously contrived and admirably fabricated , are but transcripts, so to say, of the celestial motions. E. Everett, Uses of Astronomy. fabulate fabulate (fab'u-lāt), v. i.; pret. and pp. fabu lated , ppr. fabulating . [L. fabulatus , pp. of fabular i , fable: see fable , v.] To fable. (Rare.] [The tongue is) so guarded as if it were with giants in an enchanted tower, as they fabulate , that no man may tame it. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 10. fabulise, v. i. See fabulize . fabulist (fab'ū-list), n. [F. fabuliste = Sp. Pg. fabulist a (the L. term being fabulator ), fabula , a fable.] An inventor or a writer of fables; a fabler; a maker of fictions. They come in lamely, with their mouldy tales out of Boccacio, like stale Tabarine, the fabulist . B. Jonson, Volpone. Fabulists always endow their animals with the pa ions and desires of men. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 372. So this easy-going fabulist pa es on to the 17th of December, 1799, again without a reference. Gladstone, Nineteenth Century, XXII. 462. fabulize (fab'ū-liz), v . i .; pret. and pp. fabulized , ppr. fabulizing . [L. fabula , fable, + -ize .] To invent, compose, or relate fables or stories. Also spelled fabulise . Then endle ly among themselves they fabulize , nourish the mistery, laugh, play, jeast, dance, leap, skip.