febrific (febrifik)

[L. febris, a fever, + -ficus, facere, make.] Producing fever; feverish. The febrific humour fell into my legs. Chesterfield. febrifugal (fe-brif'u-gal or feb'ri-fu-gal), a. [ As in the formerly mentioned instance of hops, currants, and salt, neither any of the ingredients inwardly given nor the mixture hath been noted for any fe brifugal virtues. Boyle, Works, II. 158. It is certain that its [cinchona bark's) value as a tonic and febrifugal medicine can scarcely be overrated. A. G. F. Eliot James , Indian Industries, p. 49. febrifuge (feb'ri-fūj), (feb'ri-fūj), a. and n. [F. fébrifuge Sp. febrifugo =Pg. febrifugo = It. febbrifugo, = II. n. Any medicine that reduces fever. Bitters, like choler, are... the best febrifuges . fecial, a . and n. See fetial . fecifork (fe'si-fôrk), n . [Irreg. fæces , dregs (see feces ), + E. fork .] In entom ., the anal fork on which the larvæ of certain insects carry their feces; a dung-fork. See cut under Coptocycla . fecit (fe's it). [L., (he) made (it), 3d pers. sing. perf. ind. act. of facere , make: see fact .] He (a person named) made it: a word commonly inscribed on a work of art, as a statue, etc., along with the name of the maker or designer: as, Strad i var i us fecit (Strad i var i us made it). variant of fake1 . feck1 (fek), v . and n. An obsolete or dialectal feck2 (fek), n . and a . [Sc., a popular corruption of effect , in the senses of power, force: see effect, 2. Space; quantity; number: as, what feck of ground (how much land)? what feck o' folk (how many people)-3. The greatest part or num- ber; the main part: as, the feck of a region. Februar (= D. Februarij = G. Dan. Februar = Sw. Februari ) ( Feverer , Fe- veryere, Feverel, Feoverrer , etc., Fevrier , F. Février = Pr. Febrier = Sp. Febrero = Pg. Fevereiro = It. Febbrajo , Februarius , or in IMG:content-1164.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1165.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1166.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1167.png:[blocks in formation] Ye take mair delight in your feckle dre Than ye do in your morning prayer. Courteous Knight (Child's Ballads, VIII. 276). (fek'li), adv . [Sc., also written fectlie (and, with different term., -ly2 (or- lins = E. -ling2 ).] For the most part; Wheel-carriages I ha'e but few, Three carts, and twa are feckly new. IMG:content-1168.png:[blocks in formation] feckst (feks), interj . Same as fack2 . fecula (fek'u-lä), n. [= F. fécule fecula = It. fecola , fecula , also written fæcula fæcula and LL. contr. fæcla , ecla , burnt tartar or salt of tartar deposited in the form of a crust by wine, dim. of fax , dregs, lees: see feces .] Starch; any form of starch obtained as a sed i- ment by washing in water the comminuted roots, grains, or other parts of plants. See IMG:content-1169.png:[blocks in formation] feculence, feculency (fek'u-lens, -len [= F. féculence = Sp. Pg. feculencia , fæcu- lenti a , lees, dregs, fæculentus , dreggy: see fec- ulent .] 1. Muddine ; foulne ; the quality ful: see fecund .] Fecund. [Rare.] of being foul with extraneous matter or lees.- 2. That which is feculent; sediment; dregs; excrementitious matter. The fermented juice of the grapes is partly turned into liquid drops or lees, and partly into that crust or dry fee ulency that is commonly called tartar. IMG:content-1170.png:[blocks in formation] The Pre from her fecundous womb Brought forth the Arts of Greece and Rome. Art thou a fedary for this act, and look'st So virgin-like without? Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 2. [In most modern editions the word in this pa age is printed feodary , a form of different origin and meaning. The original folio of 1623 has fædarie . See federary .] IMG:content-1171.png:[blocks in formation] Brougham. federal (fed'e-ral), a. and n. [F. fédéral = Sp. Pg. federal, The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, to part with Sardinia. Grew. It [the eucharist] is a federal rite betwixt God and us. Hammond. 2. Confederated; founded on an alliance by confederation or compact for mutual support: as, the federal diet of the old German empire. -3. Pertaining to a union of states in some e ential degree constituted by and deriving its power from the people of all, considered as DY an entirety, and not solely by and from each of the states separately: as, a federal government, such as the governments of the United States, Switzerland, and some of the Spanish American republics. A federal government is properly one in which the federal authority is independent of any of its component parts within the sphere of the federal action: distinguished from a confederate govern ment, in which the states alone are sovereign, and which po e es no inherent power. The wants of the union are to be supplied in one way or another: if by the authority of the federal government, then it will not remain to be done by that of the state gov The definition of treason against the United States took notice of the federal character of the American government by defining it as levying war against the United States, or any one of them. Bancroft, Hist. Const., II. 149. Both these leagues [the Achaian federation and the Ætolian League) were instances of true federal government, and were not mere confederations: that is, the central government acted directly upon all the citizens, and not merely upon the local governments. J. Fiske, Amer. Pol. Ideas, p. 76. But Jefferson pointed out that party divisions must always exist in every free and deliberate society, and that if on a temporary superiority of the one party the other should resort to disunion, no Federal government could ever exist. Schouler, Hist. U. S., I. 422. 2167