Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 20
Festlich (a.) Festive; fond of festive occasions. [Obs.] "A festlich man." -- Chaucer.
Festoon (n.) 花綵；花綵裝飾物 [C] A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.
Festoon (n.) (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.
Festooned (imp. & p. p.) of Festoon
Festooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Festoon
Festoon (v. t.) 以花綵裝飾 [（+with）] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.
Festoon (n.) A curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves.
Festoon (n.) An embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work.
Festoon (n.) Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration [syn: festoon, festoonery].
Festoon (v.) Decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday".
Festoony (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. -- Sir J. Herschel.
Festucine (a.) Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]
A little insect of a festucine or pale green. -- Sir T. Browne.
Festucous (a.) Formed or consisting of straw. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Festue (n.) A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Fet (n.) A piece. [Obs.] -- Dryton.
Fet (v. t.) To fetch. [Obs.]
And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. -- Spenser.
Fet (p. p. of Fette) Fetched. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fette (v. t.) [imp. Fette, p. p. Fet.] [See Fet, v. t.] To fetch. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
FET (n.) A transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field [syn: field-effect transistor, FET].
FET, () Field Effect Transistor
Fetal (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.
Fetal (a.) Of or relating to a fetus; "fetal development" [syn: fetal, foetal].
Fetation (n.) The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.
Fetched (imp. & p. p.) of Fetch
Fetching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fetch
Fetching (a.) 【口】動人的；吸引人的；迷人的；fetch的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn: appealing, taking, winning.
Fetch (v. t.) （去）拿來；去拿……給 [O1]；去請……來，接……去；售得，賣得 To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.
Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. -- Milton.
He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. -- 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.
Fetch (v. t.) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. -- Macaulay.
Fetch (v. t.) To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.
Fetching men again when they swoon. -- Bacon.
Fetch (v. t.) To reduce; to throw.
The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. -- South.
Fetch (v. t.) To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
I'll fetch a turn about the garden. -- Shak.
He fetches his blow quick and sure. -- South.
Fetch (v. t.) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle. -- Chapman.
Fetch (v. t.) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. -- W. Barnes.
To fetch a compass (Naut.), To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, To make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), To move ahead or astern.
To fetch out, To develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]" -- Addison.
To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." -- L'Estrange.
To fetch up. (b) To stop suddenly.
Fetch (v. i.) 取物；（獵狗）取回獵物；繞道而行 [（+about/ round）] To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. -- Totten.
To fetch away (Naut.), To break loose; to roll or slide to leeward.
To fetch and carry, To serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.
Fetch (n.) A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.
Every little fetch of wit and criticism. -- South.
Fetch (n.) The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. -- Dickens.
Fetch (n.) The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind blows to generate waves.
Fetch (n.) Hence: The length of such a region. [RDH]
Fetch candle, A light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.
Fetch (n.) The action of fetching.
Fetch (v.) Go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away].
Fetch (v.) Be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" [syn: fetch, bring in, bring].
Fetch (v.) Take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"
Fetch, () A Macintosh program by Jim Matthews for transferring files using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Fetch requires a Mac 512KE, System 4.1, and either KSP 1.03 or MacTCP. (1994-11-30)
Fetch (v.) (Mainly UK) (Get) (B1) [ T ] （去）拿來，取回；（去）請來 To go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back.
// [ + two objects ] Could you fetch me my glasses/fetch my glasses for me from the other room, please?
// I have to fetch my mother from the station.
Fetch (v.) (Sell) [ T ] 售得，賣得（…價錢）To be sold for a particular amount of money.
// The paintings fetched over a million dollars.
// The house didn't fetch as much as she was hoping it would.
Fetch (v.) (Hit) [ T + two objects ] (Old-fashioned) (Informal) （用手）打（某人）To hit someone with the hand.
// I fetched him a smart blow on the ear!
Idiom:
Fetch and carry for sb (UK) 為（某人）打雜，為（某人）當聽差，為（某人）跑腿 To do boring, unskilled jobs for someone, as if you were that person's servant.
Phrasal verb:
Fetch up (UK) (Informal) (- Phrasal verb with fetch) (v.) (Mainly UK) 偶然來到，意外到達 To arrive somewhere, especially without intending to.
// After a whole hour of driving, we fetched up back where we started.
Fetcher (n.) One wo fetches or brings.
Fete (n.) A feat. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fete (n. pl.) Feet. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fete (n.) A festival.
F[^e]te champ[^e]tre[F.], A festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.
Feted (imp. & p. p.) of Fete
Feting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fete
Fete (v. t.) To feast; to honor with a festival. Fetich
Fete (n.) An elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast, fiesta].
Fete (n.) An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival, fete].
Fete (v.) Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: celebrate, fete].
Fetich (n.) Alt. of Fetish
Fetish (n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.
Fetish (n.) Any object to which one is excessively devoted.
Fetichism (n.) Alt. of Fetishism
Fetishism (n.) The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
Fetishism (n.) Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.
The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. -- Tylor. Fetichist
Fetichist (n.) Alt. of Fetishist
Fetishist (n.) A believer in fetiches.
He was by nature a fetichist. -- H. Holbeach. Fetichistic
Fetichistic (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic
Fetishistic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism.
A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. -- G. Eliot.
Feticide (n.) (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.
Fetichism, Fetishism (n.) The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.
Fetichism, Fetishism (n.) Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.
The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. -- Tylor. Fetichist
Feticism (n.) See Fetichism.
Fetid (a.) Having an offensive smell; stinking.
Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. -- Bacon.
Fetidity (n.) Fetidness.
Fetidness (n.) The quality or state of being fetid.
Fetiferous (a.) Producing young, as animals.
Fetis (a.) Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [Obs.]
Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. -- Chaucer.
Fetisely (adv.) Neatly; gracefully; properly. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Fetishism Fetish
Fetish (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic
Fetishism (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic
Fetishistic (a.) See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a.
Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.
Fetor (n.) A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.
Fette (imp.) of Fette
Fet (p. p.) of Fette
Fette (v. t.) To fetch.
fetters (n. pl. ) of Fetter
Fetter (n.) 腳鐐；束縛 [C] [P] A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.
[They] bound him with fetters of brass. -- Judg. xvi. 21.
Fetter (n.) Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. -- Dryden.
Fetter (v. t.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. -- Milton.
Fetter (v. t.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. -- Shak.
Fetter (n.) A shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble].
Fetter (v.) Restrain with fetters [syn: fetter, shackle].
Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
Fetterer (n.) One who fetters.
Fetterless (a.) Free from fetters.
Fettle (a.) To repair; to prepare; to put in order.
Fettle (a.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
Fettle (v. i.) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
Fettle (n.) The act of fettling.
Fettling (n.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
Fettling (n.) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
Fetuous (a.) Neat; feat. [Obs.] -- Herrick.
Fetuses (n. pl. ) of Fetus
Fetus (n.) The young or embryo of a vertebrate animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals. showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also f[oe]tus.]
Fetus (n.) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal [syn: fetus, foetus].
Fetwah (n.) [Ar.] A written decision of a Turkish mufti some point of law; also applied to opinions by certain other Islamic religious authorities on points of Islamic law, such as in Iran. [Also spelled fatwah and fatwa.] -- Whitworth.
Feu (n.) (Scots Law) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money. -- Burrill.
Feuar (n.) (Scots Law) One who holds a feu. -- Sir W. Scott.
Feud (n.) [C, U] （部落或家屬間的）世仇；（個人或團體間的）仇恨；長期不和；爭吵 A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.
Mutual feuds and battles betwixt their several tribes and kindreds. -- Purchas.
Syn: Affray; fray; broil; contest; dispute; strife.
Feud (n.) (Law) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.
Feud (n.) A bitter quarrel between two parties.
Feud (v.) 世代結仇；長期爭鬥；爭吵 [（+with）] Carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for years".
FEUD. This word, in Scotland, signifies a combination of kindred to revenge injuries or affronts done to any of their blood. Vide Fief.
Feudal (a.) Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures.
Feudal (a.) Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.
Feudal (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism [syn: feudal, feudalistic].
Feudal. A term applied to whatever concerned a feud; as feudal law: feudal rights.
Feudalism (n.) The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.
Feudalism (n.) The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war [syn: feudalism, feudal system].
Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.
Feudality (n.) The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. -- Burke.
Feudalization (n.) The act of reducing to feudal tenure.
Feudalized (imp. & p. p.) of Feudalize
Feudalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feudalize
Feudalize (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Feudalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Feudalizing.] To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.
Feudalize (v.) Bring (a country or people) under feudalism.
Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner.
Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society".
Feudary (a.) Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.
Feudary (n.) A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory. -- Foxe.
Feudary (n.) A feodary. See Feodary.
Feudatary (a. & n.) See Feudatory.
Feudatories (n. pl. ) of Feudatory
Feudatory (n.) A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. -- Blackstone.
[He] had for feudatories great princes. -- J. H. Newman.
Feudatory (a.) Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. -- Bacon.