Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 17
Feme (n.) A woman. -- Burrill.
Feme covert (Law), A married woman. See Covert, a., 3.
Feme sole (Law), A single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead.
Feme sole trader or Feme sole merchant (Eng. Law), A married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.
FEME, or, More properly.
Femeral (n.) (Arch.) See Femerell.
Femerell (n.) (Arch.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.
Feminal (a.) Feminine. [Obs.] -- West.
Feminality (n.) Feminity.
Feminate (a.) Feminine. [Obs.]
Femineity (n.) Womanliness; femininity. -- C. Reade.
Feminine (a.) Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. -- Macaulay.
Feminine (a.) Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.
Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. -- Milton.
Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a.
Syn: See Female, a.
Feminine rhyme () See Female rhyme, under Female, a.
Feminine (n.) A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
They guide the feminines toward the palace. -- Hakluyt.
Feminine (n.) (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
There are but few true feminines in English. -- Latham.
Feminine (a.) Associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" [ant: masculine].
Feminine (a.) Of grammatical gender [ant: masculine, neuter].
Feminine (a.) Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly].
Feminine (a.) (Music or poetry) Ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending".
Feminine (n.) A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female.
Femininely (adv.) In a feminine manner. -- Byron.
Feminineness (n.) 女性化 The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.
Feminineness (n.) The properties characteristic of the female sex [syn: femaleness, feminineness] [ant: maleness, masculinity].
Femininity (n.) 女子氣質；陰柔，嬌柔；（總稱）婦女 The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.
Femininity (n.) The female form. [Obs.]
O serpent under femininitee. -- Chaucer.
Femininity (n.) The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women [syn: femininity, muliebrity] [ant: masculinity].
Feminism (n.) A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women.
Feminism (n.) The movement aimed at equal rights for women [syn: feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib].
Feminism (n.) [ U ] 女權主義；女權運動 The belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state.
// She had a lifelong commitment to feminism.
Feminist (n.) [ C ] 女權主義者；女權運動者 A person who believes in feminism, and tries to achieve change that helps women to get equal opportunities and treatment.
// All her life she was an ardent feminist.
// A radical feminist.
Feminist (a.) Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women; "feminist critique".
Feminist (n.) A supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber]
Feminity (n.) 婦女特質；溫柔；（集合名詞）婦女 Womanliness; femininity. [Obs.] "Trained up in true feminity." -- Spenser.
Feminization (n.) 女性化；雌性化 The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
Feminization (n.) The process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration [syn: feminization, feminisation].
Feminize (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.)（使）女性化；【動】（使）雌性化 To make womanish or effeminate. -- Dr. H. More.
Feminize (v.) Assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs" [syn: feminize, feminise].
Feminize (v.) To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man" [syn: feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize].
Feminye (n.) The people called Amazons. [Obs.] "[The reign of] feminye." -- Chaucer.
Femme (n.) A woman. See Feme, n.
Femme de chambre. [F.] A lady's maid; a chambermaid.
Femoral (a.) Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. "Femoral habiliments." -- Sir W. Scott.
Femoral (a.) Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh.
Femora (n. pl. ) of Femur
Femur (n.) (Anat.) The thigh bone. -- it is the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton, which extends from the pelvis to the knee.
Femur (n.) (Anat.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.
Femur (n.) The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee [syn: femur, thighbone, femoris].
Fen (n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
'Mid reedy fens wide spread. -- Wordsworth.
Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
Fen boat, A boat of light draught used in marshes.
Fen duck (Zool.), A wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]
Fen fowl (Zool.), Any water fowl that frequent fens.
Fen goose (Zool.), The graylag goose of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]
Fen land, Swamp land.
Fen (n.) 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China.
Fen (n.) Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland].
FEN, () Free-net Erlangen/ Nuernberg
Fence (n.) 圍牆，柵欄，劍術 That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable. -- Shak.
A fence betwixt us and the victor's wrath. -- Addison.
Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. -- Milton.
Note: In England a hedge, ditch, or wall, as well as a structure of boards, palings, or rails, is called a fence.
Fence (n.) (Locks) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing, () Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. -- Milton.
Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. -- Macaulay.
Fence (n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. [Slang] -- Mayhew.
Fence month (Forest Law), The month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. -- Bullokar.
Fence roof, A covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." -- Holland.
Fence time, The breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed.
Rail fence, A fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts.
Ring fence, A fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure.
Worm fence, A zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence.
To be on the fence, To be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]
Fencing (imp. & p. p. Fenced (/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence.
Fence (v. t.) 防護 To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
To fence my ear against thy sorceries. -- Milton.
Fence (v. t.) 用籬笆圍住 To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens. -- Shak.
A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees. -- Shak.
To fence the tables (Scot. Church), To make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. -- McCheyne.
Fence (v. i.) 防護To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first place, to be fenced against. -- Locke.
Fence (v. i.) 擊劍 To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
He will fence with his own shadow. -- Shak.
Fence (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
They fence and push, and, pushing, loudly roar; Their dewlaps and their sides are bat?ed in gore. -- Dryden.
As when a billow, blown against, Falls back, the voice with which I fenced A little ceased, but recommenced. -- Tennyson.
Fence (n.) 柵欄；籬笆 [C] A barrier that serves to enclose an area [syn: {fence}, {fencing}].
Fence (n.) 【俚】買賣贓物的人 [C] A dealer in stolen property.
Fence (v.) Enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our projection yard" [syn: {fence}, {fence in}].
Fence (v.) 買賣贓物 Receive stolen goods.
Fence (v.) 擊劍 Fight with fencing swords.
Fence (v.) Surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: {wall}, {palisade}, {fence}, {fence in}, {surround}].
Fence (v.) Have an argument about something [syn: {argue}, {contend}, {debate}, {fence}].
Fence (n.) A sequence of one or more distinguished ({out-of-band) characters (or other data items), used to delimit a piece of data intended to be treated as a unit (the computer-science literature calls this a sentinel). The NUL (ASCII 0000000) character that terminates strings in C is a fence. Hex FF is also (though slightly less frequently) used this way. See zigamorph.
Fence (n.) An extra data value inserted in an array or other data structure in order to allow some normal test on the array's contents also to function as a termination test. For example, a highly optimized routine for finding a value in an array might artificially place a copy of the value to be searched for after the last slot of the array, thus allowing the main search loop to search for the value without having to check at each pass whether the end of the array had been reached.
Fence (n.) [Among users of optimizing compilers] Any technique, usually exploiting knowledge about the compiler, that blocks certain optimizations. Used when explicit mechanisms are not available or are overkill. Typically a hack: ?I call a dummy procedure there to force a flush of the optimizer's register-coloring info? can be expressed by the shorter ?That's a fence procedure?.
Fence, () A sequence of one or more distinguished ({out-of-band) characters (or other data items), used to delimit a piece of data intended to be treated as a unit (the computer-science literature calls this a "sentinel"). The NUL (ASCII 0000000) character that terminates strings in C is a fence. Hex FF is also (though slightly less frequently) used this way. See zigamorph.
Fence, () An extra data value inserted in an array or other data structure in order to allow some normal test on the array's contents also to function as a termination test. For example, a highly optimised routine for finding a value in an array might artificially place a copy of the value to be searched for after the last slot of the array, thus allowing the main search loop to search for the value without having to check at each pass whether the end of the array had been reached.
Fence, () [Among users of optimising compilers] Any technique, usually exploiting knowledge about the compiler, that blocks certain optimisations. Used when explicit mechanisms are not available or are overkill. Typically a hack: "I call a dummy procedure there to force a flush of the optimiser's register-colouring info" can be expressed by the shorter "That's a fence procedure". [{Jargon File] (1999-01-08)
Fence (Heb. gader), Num. 22:24 (R.V.). Fences were constructions of unmortared stones, to protect gardens, vineyards, sheepfolds, etc. From various causes they were apt to bulge out and fall (Ps. 62:3). In Ps. 80:12, R.V. (see Isa. 5:5), the psalmist says, "Why hast thou broken down her fences?" Serpents delight to lurk in the crevices of such fences (Eccl. 10:8; comp. Amos 5:19).
Fence. () A building or erection between two contiguous estates, so as to divide them; or on the same estate, so as to divide one part from another.
Fence. () Fences are regulated by the local laws. In general, fences on boundaries are to be built on the line, and the expense, when made no more expensively than is required by the law, is borne equally between the parties. See the following cases on the subject. 2 Miles, 337, 395; 2 Greenl. 72; 11 Mass. 294; 3 Wend. 142; 2 Metc. 180; 15 Conn. 526 2 Miles, 447; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Fence. () A partition fence is presumed to be the common property of both owners of the land. 8 B. & C. 257, 259, note a. When built upon the land of one of them, it is his; but if it were built equally upon the land of both, at their joint expense, each would be the owner in severalty of the part standing on his own land. 5 Taunt. 20; 2 Greenl. Ev. 617.
Fenceful (a.) 防禦用的，防護用的 Affording defense; defensive. [Obs.] -- Congreve.
Fence in (v.) Enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" [syn: fence, fence in].
Fence in (v.) Surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround]
Fence in (Idioms) 用柵欄（或籬笆、圍牆等）圍著或圈住 To construct a fence around a particular area or thing.
A noun or pronoun can be used between "fence" and "in."
// When our kids were little, we fenced our pool in so that they wouldn't be able to access it.
Fence in (Idioms) 限制某人的自由 To restrict or limit someone.
If you already signed a contract with them, I'm afraid you're fenced in.
Fenceless (a.) 沒有圍牆的；不設防的 Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. -- Milton.
Fencer (n.) One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
As blunt as the fencer's foils. -- Shak.
Fencer (n.) Someone skilled at fencing [syn: fencer, swordsman].
Fencible (a.) Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense. [Obs.]
No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong. -- Spenser.
Fencible (n.) (Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
Fencing (n.) The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2.
Fencing (v. i.) Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. -- Shak.
Fencing (v. i.) The materials used for building fences. [U.S.]
Fencing (v. i.) The act of building a fence.
Fencing (v. i.) The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.
Fen cricket () The mole cricket.
Fend (n.) A fiend. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fended (imp. & p. p.) of Fend.
Fending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fend.
Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. -- Dryden.
To fend off a boat or To fend off a vessel (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. -- Locke.
Fender (n.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
Fender (n.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
Fender (n.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
Fender (n.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
Fender (n.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
Fender (n.) A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a wing" [syn: fender, wing].
Fender (n.) An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot].
Fender (n.) A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth.
Fender (n.) A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact [syn: buffer, fender].
Fendliche (a.) Fiendlike.
Fenerate (v. i.) To put money to usury; to lend on interest. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Feneration (n.) The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Fenes-tella (n.) (Arch.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.
Fenestrae (n. pl. ) of Fenestra.
Fenestra (n.) (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
Fenestra (n.) A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear).
Fenestral (a.) (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.
Fenestral (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.
Fenestral (n.) (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass. -- Weale.
Fenestral (a.) Of or relating to or having a fenestra.
Fenestral (a.) Of or relating to windows.
Fenestrate (a.) Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.
Fenestrate (a.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.
Fenestrated (a.) Having windows; characterized by windows.
Fenestrated (a.) Same as Fenestrate.
Fenestration (n.) (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.
Fenestration (n.) (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.
Fenestration (n.) The arrangement of windows in a building.
Fenestration (n.) Surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis.
Fenestrule (n.) (Zool.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.
Fengite (n.) (Min.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.
Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.
Fenian (a.) Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.
Fenianism (n.) The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.
Fenks (n.) The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. -- Ure.
Fennec (n.) (Zool.) A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.
Fennel (n.) (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum ({F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.
Smell of sweetest fennel. -- Milton.
A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. -- S. G. Goodrich.
Azorean+fennel,+or+Azorean fennel, or Sweet fennel, ({F[ae]niculum dulce).
It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb.
Dog's+fennel+({Anthemis+Cotula">Dog's fennel ({Anthemis Cotula), A foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed.
Fennel+flower+(Bot.),+An+herb+({Nigella">Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb ({Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. Nigella sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
Fennel water (Med.), The distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative.
Giant+fennel+({Ferula+communis">Giant fennel ({Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus.
Hog's+fennel,+A+European+plant+({Peucedanum+officinale">Hog's fennel, a European plant ({Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel.
Fennish (a.) Abounding in fens; fenny.
Fenny (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.
Fenowed (a.) Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed.
Fensi-ble (a.) Fencible.
Fen-sucked (a.) Sucked out of marches.
Fentanyl (n.) 芬太尼；芬太尼是一種鴉片類止痛藥。它透過阻止疼痛的神經信號傳達腦部，從而達到止痛效果。芬太尼有強效的止痛作用，用於嚴重疼痛，例如癌症病人的疼痛管理。芬太尼不會用於輕微或短暫的病痛。Trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug [syn: Fentanyl, Sublimaze].
Fenugreek (n.) A plant (trigonella Foenum Graecum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are
Feod (n.) A feud. See 2d Feud.
Feodal (a.) Feudal. See Feudal.
Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.
Feodary (n.) An accomplice.
Art thou a feodary for this act? -- Shak.
Feodary (n.) (Eng. Law) An ancient officer of the court of wards. -- Burrill.
Feodatory (n.) See Feudatory.
Feoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Feoff.
Feoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feoff.
Feoff (v. t.) (Law) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Feoff (n.) (Law) A fief. See Fief.
Feoff (n.) A piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: fief, feoff].
Feoffee (n.) (Law) The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.
Feoffment (n.) (Law) The grant of a feud or fee.
Feoffment (n.) (Law) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. -- Burrill.