Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 29
First (a.) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
At first blush. See under Blush.
At first hand, From the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent.
It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. -- Dickens.
First coat (Plastering), The solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat.
First day, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends.
First floor. The ground floor. [U.S.]
First floor. The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.]
First fruit or First fruits. The fruits of the season earliest gathered.
First fruit or First fruits. (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him.
First fruit or First fruits. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living.
First fruit or First fruits. The earliest effects or results.
See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! -- Milton.
First mate, An officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain.
First name, Same as Christian name. See under Name, n.
First officer (Naut.), In the merchant service, same as First mate (above).
First sergeant (Mil.), The ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. -- Farrow.
First watch (Naut.), The watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.
First water, The highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.
Syn: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost.
First (adv.) Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
Adam was first formed, then Eve. -- 1 Tim. ii. 13.
At first, At the first, At the beginning or origin.
First or last, At one time or another; at the beginning or end.
And all are fools and lovers first or last. -- Dryden.
First (n.) (Mus.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
First (adv.) Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [syn: first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off].
First (adv.) The initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake" [syn: first, for the first time].
First (adv.) Before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first."
First (adv.) Prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: foremost, first].
First (a.) Preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" [ant: last].
First (a.) Indicating the beginning unit in a series [syn: first, 1st].
First (a.) Serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden].
First (a.) Serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first].
First (a.) Ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" [syn: first, foremost, world-class].
First (a.) Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn" [ant: second].
First (n.) The first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first" [syn: first, number one].
First (n.) The first element in a countable series; "the first of the month" [syn: first, number one, number 1].
First (n.) The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle].
First (n.) The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) [syn: first base, first].
First (n.) An honours degree of the highest class [syn: first, first-class honours degree].
First (n.) The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: first gear, first, low gear, low].
FIRST, () ForschungsInstitut fuer Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany).
FIRST, () Forum of Incident Response and SecuriTy (org., NIST).
Firstborn (a.) First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted ; as, the firstborn child.
Syn: eldest.
Firstborn (a.) First in order of birth; "the firstborn child" [syn: firstborn, eldest].
Firstborn (n.) The offspring who came first in the order of birth [syn: firstborn, eldest].
First-born, () Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See BIRTHRIGHT.) The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most miserable of the poor (Isa. 14:30). The "church of the first-born" signifies the church of the redeemed.
The destruction of the first-born was the last of the ten plagues inflicted on the Egyptians (Ex. 11:1-8; 12:29, 30).
Menephtah is probably the Pharaoh whose first-born was slain.
His son did not succeed or survive his father, but died early.
The son's tomb has been found at Thebes unfinished, showing it was needed earlier than was expected. Some of the records on the tomb are as follows: "The son whom Menephtah loves; who draws towards him his father's heart, the singer, the prince of archers, who governed Egypt on behalf of his father. Dead."
First-class (a.) Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
First-class car or First-class railway carriage, Any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; -- distinguished from a second-class car.
First-class (a.)
Very good; of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech";
"the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" [syn:
excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid].
First-hand (a.) Obtained directly from the first or original
source; hence, without the intervention of an agent ; -- of information; as, a
firsthand report; firsthand information; firsthand knowledge.
Syn: direct, original.
One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. -- J. Martineau.
Firstling (n.) The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. -- Milton.
Firstling (n.) The thing first thought or done.
The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. -- Shak.
Firstling (a.) Firstborn. All the firstling males. -- Deut. xv. 19.
Firstly (adv.) In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
Firstly (adv.) Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [syn: first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off].
First-rate (a.) Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.
Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. -- M. Arnold.
Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. -- Jowett (Thucyd).
First-rate (n.) (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
First-rate (a.) Of the highest quality; as, a first-rate reporter.
Syn: ace, A-one, first-class, super, tip-top, topnotch, tops(predicate).
First-rate (adv.) Quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today" [syn: first-rate, very well].
First-rate (a.) Of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)].
Firth (n.) An arm of the sea; a frith.
Fir tree () See Fir.
Fisc (n.) （古羅馬的）國庫 A public or state treasury. -- Burke.
Fisc (n.) A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse.
FISC, civil law. The treasury of a prince. The public treasury. Hence to confiscate a thing, is to appropriate it to the fisc. Paillet, Droit Public, 21, n, says that fiscus, in the Roman law, signified the treasure of the prince, and aerarium, the treasure of the state. But this distinction was not observed in France. See Law 10, ff. De jure Fisci.
Fiscal (a.) 財政的；會計的；國庫的 Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
The fiscal arrangements of government. -- A. Hamilton.
Fiscal (n.) 國庫 The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Fiscal (n.) A treasurer. -- H. Swinburne.
Fiscal (n.) （蘇格蘭）地方檢察官 A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
Fiscal (n.) 首席檢察官（Attorney General美國司法部長或稱總檢查長） The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
Fiscal (a.) Involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [syn: fiscal, financial] [ant: nonfinancial].
FISCAL. Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury.
Fiscal (a.) Of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt.
Fiscal (a.) Of or relating to financial matters.
Fisetic (a.) Pertaining to fustet or fisetin.
Fisetin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid.
Fish (n.) A counter, used in various games.
Fishes (n. pl. ) of Fish.
Fish (n. pl. ) of Fish.
Fish (n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
Fish (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
Fish (n.) The flesh of fish, used as food.
Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
Fish (n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
Fished (imp. & p. p.) of Fish.
Fishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fish.
Fish (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
Fish (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
Any other fishing question. -- Sir W. Scott.
Fish (v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.
Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.
Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.
Fisher (n.) [C] 漁人，漁夫；食魚貂 One who fishes.
Fisher (n.) (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family ({Mustela Canadensis}); the pekan; the "black cat."
Compare: Carnivorous
Carnivorous (a.) 肉食性的 (Of an animal) Feeding on other animals.
Carnivorous (a.) (Of a plant) Able to trap and digest small animals, especially insects.
Fisher (n.) Someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: {fisherman}, {fisher}].
Fisher (n.) Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal [syn: {fisher}, {pekan}, {fisher cat}, {black cat}, {Martes pennanti}].
Fisher (n.) Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).
Fishermen (n. pl. ) of Fisherman.
Fisherman (n.) 漁人，漁夫 One whose occupation is to catch fish.
Fisherman (n.) (Natu.) 漁船 A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.
Fisherman (n.) Someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: {fisherman}, {fisher}].
Fisheries (n. pl. ) of Fishery.
Fishery (n.) 漁業，水產業 [U]；漁場；養魚場 [C] The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. -- Addison.
Fishery (n.) A place for catching fish.
Fishery (n.) (Law) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters.-- Abboot.
Fishery (n.) A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold [syn: {fishery}, {piscary}].
Fishery (n.) Estates. A place prepared for catching fish with nets or hooks. This term is commonly applied to the place of drawing a seine, or net. 1 Whart. R. 131, 2.
Fishery (n.) The right of fishery is to be considered as to tide or navigable waters, and to rivers not navigable. A river where the tide ebbs and flows is considered an arm of the sea. By the common law of England every navigable river within the realm as far as the sea ebbs and flows is deemed a royal river, and the fisheries therein as belonging to the crown by prerogative, yet capable of being granted to a subject to be held or disposed of as private property. The profit of such fisheries, however, when retained by the crown, is not commonly taken and appropriated by the king, unless of extraordinary value, but left free to all the people. Dav. Rep. 155; 7 Co. 16, a: Plowd, 154, a. Within the tide waters of navigable rivers in some of the United States, private or several fisheries were established, during the colonial state, and are still held and enjoyed as such, as in the Delaware. 1 Whart. 145, 5; 1 Baldw. Rep. 76. On the high seas the right of fishing jure gentium is common to all persons, as a general rule. In. rivers, not navigable, that is, where there is no flux or reflux of the tide, the right of fishing is incident to the owner of the soil, over which the water passes, and to the riparian proprietors, when a stream is owned by two or more. 6 Cowen's R. 369; 5 Mason's R. 191; 4 Pick. R. 145; 5 Pick. R. 199. The rule, that the right of fishery, within his territorial limits, belongs exclusively to the riparian owner, extends alike to great and small streams. The owners of farms adjoining the Connecticut river, above the flowing of the tide, have the exclusive right of fishing opposite their farms, to the middle of the river although the public have an easement in the river as a public highway, for passing and repassing with every kind of water craft. 2 Conn. R. 481. The right of fishery may exist, not only in the owner of the soil or the riparian proprietor, but also in another who has acquired it by grant or otherwise. Co. Litt. l22 a, n. 7; Schul. Aq. R. 40 41; Ang. W. C. 184; sed vide 2 Salk. 637.
Fishery (n.) Fisheries have been divided into: 1. Several fisheries. A several fishery is one to which the party claiming it has the right of fishing, independently of all others, as that no person can have a coextensive right with him in the object claimed, but a partial and independent right in another, or a limited liberty, does not derogate from the right of the owner. 5 Burr. 2814. A several fishery, as its name imports, is an exclusive property; this, however, is not to be understood as depriving the territorial owner of his right to a several fishery, when he grants to another person permission to fish; for he would continue to be the several proprietor, although he should suffer a stranger to hold a coextensive right with himself. Woolr. on Wat. 96.
Fishery (n.) Free fisheries. A free fishery is said to be a franchise in the hands of a subject, existing by grant or prescription, distinct from an ownership in the soil. It is an exclusive right, and applies to a public navigable river, without any right in the soil. 3 Kent, Com. 329. Mr. Woolrych says, that sometimes a free fishery is confounded with a several, sometimes it is said to be synonymous with common, and again treated as distinct from either. Law of Waters, &c. 97.
Fishery (n.) Common of Fishery. A common of fishery is not an exclusive right, but one enjoyed in common with certain other persons. 3 Kent, Com. 329. A distinction has been made between a common fishery, (commune piscarium,) which may mean for all mankind, as in the sea, and a common of fishery, (communium piscariae,) which is a right, in common with certain other persons, in a particular stream. 8 Taunt. R. 183. Mr. Angell seems to think that common of fishery and free fishery, are convertible terms, Law of Water Courses, c. 6., s. 3, 4.
Fishery (n.) These distinctions in relation to several, free, and common of, fishery, are not strongly marked, and the lines are sometimes scarcely perceptible. "Instead of going into the black letter books, to learn what was a fishery, and a free fishery, and a several fishery," says Huston, J., "I am disposed to regard our own acts, even though differing, from old feudal times." 1 Whart. R. 132. See 14 Mus. R. 488; 2 Bl. Com. 39, 40; 7 Pick. R. 79. Vide, generally, Ang. Wat. Co.; Index, h. t; Woolr. on Wat. Index, h. t; Schul. Aq. R. Index, h. t; 2 Rill. Ab. ch. 18, p. 1,63; Dane's Ab. h. t; Bac. Ab. Prerogative, B 3; 12 John. R. 425; 14 John. R. 255 14 Wend. R. 42; 10 Mass., R. 212; 13 Mass. R. 477; 20 John. R. 98; 2 John. It. 170; 6 Cowen, R. 369; 1 Wend. R. 237; 3 Greenl. R. 269; 3 N. H. Rep. 321; 1 Pick. R. 180; 2 Conn. R. 481; 1 Halst. 1; 5 Harr. and Johns. 195; 4 Mass. R. 527; and the articles Arm of the sea; Creek; Navigable River; Tide.
Fishful (a.) Abounding with fish. [R.] "My fishful pond." -- R. Carew.
Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish. -- Knight.
Fishgig (n.) An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance].
Fishhawk (n.) (Zool.) The osprey ({Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.
Fishhook (n.) A hook for catching fish.
Fishhook (n.) (Naut.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. -- Dana.
Fishhook (n.) A sharp barbed hook for catching fish.
Fishhook, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 2030
Housing Units (2000): 730
Land area (2000): 88.126738 sq. miles (228.247193 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.288106 sq. miles (0.746190 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 88.414844 sq. miles (228.993383 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25550
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 61.677320 N, 149.265043 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Fishhook, AK
Fishhook
Fishify (v. t.) To change to fish. [R.] -- Shak.
Fishiness (n.) The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. -- Pennant.
Fishing (n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.
Fishing (n.) A fishery. -- Spenser.
Fishing (n.) Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
Fishing fly, An artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, A line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, A net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, A long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling.
Fishing smack, A sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing.
Fishing tackle, Apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), A glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid.
Fishing (n.) The act of someone who fishes as a diversion [syn: fishing, sportfishing].
Fishing (n.) The occupation of catching fish for a living.
Fishlike (a.) Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.
Fishmonger (n.) A dealer in fish.
Fishskin (n.) The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
Fishskin (n.) See Ichthyosis.
Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
Fish-tail (a.) Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
Fishwife (n.) A fishwoman.
Fishwomen (n. pl. ) of Fishwoman.
Fishwoman (n.) A woman who retails fish.
Fishy (a.) Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.
Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.
Fisk (v. i.) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
Fissigemmation (n.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.
Fissile (a.) 易裂的；可裂的 Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.
This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. -- Sir I. Newton.
Fissile (a.) Fissionable.
Fissile (a.) Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable, fissile] [ant: nonfissionable].
Fissile (a.) Capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [ant: nonfissile].
Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.
Fissilinguia (n. pl.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards.
Fissility (n.) Quality of being fissile.
Fission (n.) A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
Fission (n.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.
Fission (n.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.
Fissipalmate (a.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves.
Fissipara (n. pl.) Animals which reproduce by fission.
Fissiparism (n.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission.
Fissiparity (n.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
Fissiparous (a.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.
Fissipation (n.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.
Fissiped (a.) Alt. of Fissipedal.
Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]
Fissiped (n.) One of the Fissipedia.
Fissipedia (n. pl.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.
Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.
Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
Fissural (a.) Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain.
Fissuration (n.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.
Fissure (n.) 裂縫，裂溝 A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
Fissure (v. t.) (v. i. ) (使) 裂開，(使) 分裂 To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
Fissure (n.) A long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice}, {cranny}, {crack}, {fissure}, {chap}].
Fissure (n.) A long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {crevice}, {fissure}, {scissure}].
Fissure (n.) (Anatomy) A long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes.
Fissure (v.) Break into fissures or fine cracks.
Fissurella (n.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.
Fist (n.) [C] 拳；掌握；支配；【口】手；筆跡；【印】指標；參見號 The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.
Fist (n.) The talons of a bird of prey.
Fist (n.) (Print.) The index mark [[hand]], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
{Hand over fist} (Naut.), Hand over fist 這個俚語據說源於航海生活，因為船員拖漁網或是升起船帆時，必須左右手交替拉繩子，hand over fist即引申有「快速的」、「毫不費力的」意思 Rapidly; hand over hand.
Compare: Nautical
Nautical (a.) 海上的；船員的；船舶的；航海的 Of or concerning navigation, sailors, or the sea; maritime.
‘Nautical charts’ 海圖又稱航海圖。