Part 25

~Fillet~, _n._ Band, bandage.

~Fillibeg~, _n._ [Written also _Philibeg_.] Kilt.

~Filly~, _n._ Female colt, young mare.

~Film~, _n._ Pellicle, thin skin or coating.

~Filter~, _v. a._ Strain, pass through a strainer.

~Filter~, _v. n._ Percolate, transude, exude, strain, ooze.

~Filter~, _n._ Strainer.

~Filth~, _n._ ~1.~ Dirt, foul matter.

~2.~ Grossness, corruption, pollution, impurity, nastiness.

~Filthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Dirty, nasty, foul, unclean, squalid.

~2.~ Impure, gross, corrupt.

~Filtration~, _n._ Filtering, straining.

~Fimbriate~, _a._ Fringed.

~Fimbriated~, _a._ Fringed.

~Final~, _a._ ~1.~ Last, latest, ultimate, eventual.

~2.~ Decisive, conclusive, definitive.

~Final cause~, End, aim, object, purpose, design, intent, intention.

~Finale~, _n._ [It.] End, termination, conclusion, closing part (_of an opera or a concert_).

~Finality~, _n._ Final settlement, final arrangement.

~Finally~, _ad._ ~1.~ Lastly, in conclusion.

~2.~ Ultimately, at last, in the long-run.

~3.~ For good, for good and all, as the final move.

~Finance~, _n._ Revenue, money, money matters.

~Finances~, _n. pl._ Revenues, public funds, public resources.

~Financial~, _a._ Monetary, pecuniary, fiscal.

~Financialist~, _n._ Financier.

~Financier~, _n._ Financialist, adept in matters of finance.

~Find~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet with, fall in with.

~2.~ Obtain, get, procure, gain, arrive at, attain to.

~3.~ Observe, remark, notice, perceive.

~4.~ Detect, catch.

~5.~ Supply, furnish, contribute, provide.

~6.~ Supply with food.

~7.~ (_Law._) Determine judicially, declare by verdict.

~Find~, _v. n._ (_Law._) Declare a verdict, determine an issue.

~Find in~, Provide with, supply with.

~Find fault~, Complain, grumble.

~Find fault with~, Blame, censure, reprove.

~Find one's self~, Be, fare (_as to health_).

~Find out~, ~1.~ Discover, detect, bring to light.

~2.~ Ascertain, decipher, solve, unriddle, make out, get at.

~Finding~, _n._ ~1.~ Discovery.

~2.~ (_Law._) Verdict.

~Findings~, _n. pl._ Shoemaker's tools and materials.

~Finding-store~, _n._ [_U. S._] Grindery-warehouse.

~Fine~, _a._ ~1.~ Minute, small, little, comminuted.

~2.~ Slender, delicate, CAPILLARY, not coarse.

~3.~ Light, of delicate material, of fine texture.

~4.~ Keen, sharp.

~5.~ Thin, subtile, tenuous, not gross.

~6.~ Exquisite, nice, refined.

~7.~ Excellent, superior, very good.

~8.~ Brilliant, accomplished.

~9.~ Beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant.

~10.~ Clear, pure, unadulterated.

~11.~ [_As a term of slight contempt._] Showy, gairish, gay, flashy, airy, sparkish.

~Fine~, _n._ Mulct, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.

~Fine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Defecate, purify, refine.

~2.~ Amerce, mulct, impose a fine upon, punish by a fine.

~Finery~, _n._ Gewgaws, trinkets, fine things, showy dress, tinsel trappings.

~Finesse~, _n._ Trick, stratagem, artifice, ruse, fraud, deception, cheat, wile, manœuvre.

~Finesse~, _v. n._ Use stratagem, practise tricks.

~Finger~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Handle, touch.

~2.~ Play on (_an instrument_).

~Finger~, _v. n._ Use the fingers (_in playing on an instrument_).

~Fingered~, _a._ (_Bot._) Digitate.

~Finger-post~, _n._ Guide-post.

~Finical~, _a._ Spruce, JEMMY, over-nice, nice over-much, affectedly elegant.

~Finish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accomplish, complete, execute, perform, achieve, do.

~2.~ Perfect, polish, elaborate, make perfect.

~3.~ End, terminate, close, conclude, bring to an end, put an end to.

~Finish~, _n._ Polish, elaboration, final touch, last touch.

~Finished~, _a._ ~1.~ Completed, complete, perfect.

~2.~ Polished, perfected, elegant, highly-wrought.

~3.~ Experienced, practised, qualified, accomplished, thorough-bred, able, proficient.

~Finite~, _a._ Bounded, limited, terminable.

~Finlander~, _n._ Finn.

~Finn~, _n._ Finlander.

~Fire~, _n._ ~1.~ Conflagration.

~2.~ Heat, ardor, fervor.

~3.~ [_Poetical._] Light, lustre, radiance.

~Fire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Kindle, set on fire.

~2.~ Animate, excite, inspirit, rouse, inflame, stir up.

~3.~ Discharge, fire off.

~Fire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take fire, be kindled.

~2.~ Discharge a gun, discharge firearms.

~Fire-arm~, _n._ Gun.

~Fire-brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Brand.

~2.~ Incendiary, political agitator.

~Fire-cracker~, _n._ Cracker.

~Fire-damp~, _n._ Carburetted hydrogen (_in coal-mines_).

~Fire-dog~, _n._ Andiron, dog.

~Fire-eater~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, Hector, Hotspur, mock hero.

~Fire-fly~, _n._ ~1.~ Elater (_of South America_).

~2.~ Glow-worm (_Lampyris noctilucus_).

~Fire off~, Discharge, fire.

~Fire-new~, _a._ Brand-new, quite new, spick and span new, span new.

~Fireplace~, _n._ Hearth.

~Fireproof~, _a._ Incombustible.

~Fireside~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearth, chimney-corner, place near the fire.

~2.~ Home, domestic life.

~Fireside~, _a._ Domestic.

~Fire up~, ~1.~ Kindle the fire.

~2.~ Fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, FLARE UP.

~Firing~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindling, setting on fire.

~2.~ Discharge (_of guns_), firing off.

~3.~ Fuel, something to burn.

~4.~ Cautery.

~Firm~, _a._ ~1.~ Compact, compressed, solid, dense, hard, not soft, not fluid.

~2.~ Fixed, fast, rooted, established, settled, confirmed, stable, secure, immovable.

~3.~ Steady, steadfast, unshaken, resolute, stanch, constant.

~4.~ Strong, robust, sinewy, sturdy.

~Firm~, _n._ Concern, house, company, partnership.

~Firmament~, _n._ Sky, the heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.

~Firmness~, _n._ ~1.~ Solidity, compactness, hardness.

~2.~ Stability, strength.

~3.~ Constancy, steadfastness, steadiness.

~First~, _a._ ~1.~ Foremost, leading.

~2.~ Chief, highest, principal, capital.

~3.~ Earliest.

~4.~ Primary.

~5.~ Primitive, primeval, pristine.

~First~, _ad._ In the first place, at the outset, in the beginning, first and foremost, before any thing else.

~First-born~, _a._ Eldest.

~First-born~, _n._ Eldest child.

~First-class~, _a._ FIRST-RATE.

~First cousin~, Cousin-german.

~First or last~, At one time or another, sooner or later, at some time.

~First-rate~, _n._ Ship of the first class, three-decker.

~First-rate~, _a._ Superior, excellent, capital, CRACK, prime, pre- eminent, of the first class, of the best, of the highest excellence, first-class.

~Fiscal~, _a._ Financial.

~Fish~, _v. n._ ANGLE, BOB, try to catch fish.

~Fisher~, _n._ ~1.~ Fisherman, angler.

~2.~ Pecan, wood-shock (_Mustela canadensis_).

~Fisherman~, _n._ Fisher, angler.

~Fish for~, Angle for, try to get (_by artifice_).

~Fish-glue~, _n._ Isinglass, icthyocol, ichthyocolla, CARLOCK.

~Fish-hawk~, _n._ Osprey, fishing-eagle, bald buzzard (_Falco haliætus_).

~Fishing-hawk~, _n._ Osprey, fishing-eagle, bald buzzard (_Falco haliætus_).

~Fishing-eagle~, _n._ FISH-HAWK.

~Fishing-frog~, _n._ Angler (_Lophius piscatorius_).

~Fish in the air~, Beat the air, make vain efforts, try in vain, lash the waves, milk the ram.

~Fish-soup~, _n._ Chowder.

~Fissure~, _n._ Cleft, crevice, chink, crack, cranny, break, breach, gap, interstice, opening, chasm, rift, fracture.

~Fistular~, _a._ Hollow, pipe-like.

~Fistulous~, _a._ Hollow, pipe-like.

~Fit~, _n._ ~1.~ Paroxysm, spasm, sudden attack, stroke of disease.

~2.~ Humor, whim, fancy, temporary affection.

~3.~ Interval, turn, period, spell.

~Fit~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualified, competent, fitted.

~2.~ Suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, fitting, befitting, proper, convenient, good.

~Fit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suit, adapt, adjust, make suitable.

~2.~ Become, be adapted to, be suitable for, be becoming to.

~3.~ Accommodate, provide, qualify, equip, prepare, get ready.

~Fit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be proper, be becoming.

~2.~ Be suited, be adapted.

~Fitful~, _a._ Variable, irregular, spasmodic, impulsive, unstable, fickle, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd.

~Fitfully~, _ad._ Irregularly, capriciously, in a fitful manner, by fits, by fits and starts.

~Fit out~, Equip, furnish, supply with necessaries.

~Fit up~, Prepare, make ready.

~Fitchew~, _n._ Fitchet, pole-cat, foumart (_Mustela putorius_).

~Fitness~, _n._ Suitableness, adaptation, aptness, aptitude, appropriateness, pertinence, propriety.

~Fix~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm or stable.

~2.~ Attach, tie, make fast.

~3.~ Determine, define, limit, appoint, settle.

~4.~ Rivet, direct steadily.

~5.~ Solidify, consolidate.

~6.~ [_Vulgarly so used in the U. S._] Arrange, adjust, set in order, put in order, put to rights, set to rights.

~Fix~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Predicament, dilemma, plight, PICKLE.

~Fix on~, Settle on, determine upon.

~Fix upon~, Settle on, determine upon.

~Fizzle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hiss, make a hissing noise.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fail, make a failure of it, fizzle out.

~Fizzle~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Failure, fiasco, abortive attempt.

~Fizzle out~, Fail, FIZZLE.

~Flabbergasted~, _a._ [_Low._] Confounded, confused, abashed, ashamed, disconcerted, nonplussed, taken aback, thrown off one's balance.

~Flabby~, _a._ Soft, yielding, FLACCID.

~Flaccid~, _a._ Soft, limber, flabby, yielding, lax, drooping, hungry, loose, not firm, not stiff, not tense.

~Flaccidity~, _n._ Limberness, softness, laxity.

~Flaccidness~, _n._ Limberness, softness, laxity.

~Flag~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hang loose.

~2.~ Languish, droop, faint, decline, pine, become weak, grow languid, lose vigor.

~Flag~, _n._ ~1.~ Flag-stone, flat paving stone.

~2.~ Banner, streamer, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign.

~Flagellate~, _v. a._ Whip, scourge, flog, thrash, beat, cudgel, drub.

~Flagellation~, _n._ Whipping, scourging, beating, flogging, thrashing, drubbing.

~Flagitious~, _a._ Atrocious, heinous, villanous, infamous, scandalous, nefarious, very wicked.

~Flagrancy~, _n._ Notoriety, enormity.

~Flagrant~, _a._ ~1.~ Flaming, glowing, burning, raging.

~2.~ Notorious, glaring, enormous, crying.

~Flag-stone~, _n._ Flag, flat paving stone.

~Flake~, _n._ Scale, lamina, layer.

~Flake~, _v. n._ Scale off, come off in flakes.

~Flambeau~, _n._ Torch.

~Flame~, _n._ ~1.~ Blaze, burning vapor.

~2.~ Fire.

~3.~ Ardor, fervor, fervency, warmth, enthusiasm.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Love, sweetheart.

~Flame~, _v. n._ Blaze.

~Flaming~, _a._ ~1.~ Blazing.

~2.~ Bright red, of a bright color.

~3.~ Violent, vehement, exciting.

~Flank~, _n._ Side.

~Flank~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Mil._) Attack on the side, approach on the side, turn the flank of.

~2.~ Secure on the side.

3~.~ Border upon, stand at the side of.

~Flap-dragon~, _n._ Snap-dragon.

~Flare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Glare, dazzle.

~2.~ Widen outward, spread outward.

~Flare~, _n._ Glare, unsteady light.

~Flare up~, Fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, fire up, lose one's temper, boil over with rage.

~Flash~, _n._ ~1.~ Momentary blaze, sudden burst of light.

~2.~ Slang (_of thieves and gypsies_), cant language.

~Flash~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Emit a sudden light.

~2.~ Break forth suddenly.

~Flashy~, _a._ ~1.~ Showy, ostentatious, flaunting, gaudy, tawdry, jaunty, gay, gairish, airy.

~2.~ Insipid, tasteless, mawkish, flat, vapid, stale.

~Flat~, _a._ ~1.~ Level, horizontal, CHAMPAIGN.

~2.~ Even, plane, smooth, CAMOUS, without prominences.

~3.~ Low, prostrate, level with the ground, laid low.

~4.~ Dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting, pointless.

~5.~ Vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, flashy, mawkish.

~6.~ Peremptory, absolute, positive, downright.

~7.~ (_Mus._) Not sharp, not shrill, not acute, lower by a semitone, below true pitch.

~Flat~, _n._ ~1.~ Shoal, shallow, strand, bar, sand-bank.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Simpleton, ninny, DUNCE.

~3.~ [_Scotland._] Floor, loft, story.

~Flat-iron~, _n._ Sad-iron.

~Flatten~, _v. a._ Make flat.

~Flatten~, _v. n._ Become flat.

~Flatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compliment, gratify by praise.

~2.~ Cajole, wheedle, humor, coax, court, STUFF, coddle, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation, make much of.

~3.~ Encourage by plausible representations, inspire with false hopes.

~Flatterer~, _n._ Sycophant, fawner, parasite, wheedler, toady, flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater.

~Flattery~, _n._ ~1.~ Compliment, insincere commendation, false praise.

~2.~ Obsequiousness, sycophancy, servility, cajolery, fawning, adulation, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.

~Flatulence~, _n._ Windiness (_in the bowels_).

~Flatulency~, _n._ Windiness (_in the bowels_).

~Flatulent~, _a._ Windy.

~Flaunt~, _v. n._ Flutter, make a show, make a parade, cut a dash, be ostentatious.

~Flaunting~, _a._ Ostentatious, showy, flashy, gairish, dashing, fluttering, jaunty, tawdry, gay, airy, gaudy.

~Flavor~, _n._ ~1.~ Odor, smell, fragrance.

~2.~ Taste, savor, smack, relish, zest, gust, gusto.

~Flaw~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, fracture, rent.

~2.~ Blemish, spot, speck, fault, defect, imperfection.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Gust of wind.

~Flawy~, _a._ Faulty, defective, full of flaws or cracks.

~Flax-comb~, _n._ Hatchel.

~Flax-seed~, _n._ Linseed.

~Flay~, _v. a._ Skin, excoriate, strip the skin from.

~Fleck~, _v. a._ Spot, streak, dapple, speckle, variegate.

~Flecked~, _a._ Spotted, streaked, striped, dappled, mottled, variegated, piebald.

~Fledgling~, _n._ Young bird.

~Flee~, _v. n._ Fly, run, decamp, escape, abscond, hasten away, run away, make off, TURN TAIL, cut and run.

~Fleece~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clip, shear.

~2.~ Strip, rob, plunder, despoil, rifle, steal from.

~Fleecy~, _a._ Woolly.

~Fleer~, _v. n._ Gibe, scoff, mock, jeer.

~Fleet~, _n._ Flotilla, squadron, navy, ARMADA, company of ships.

~Fleet~, _a._ Swift, rapid, quick.

~Fleeting~, _a._ Transitory, transient, ephemeral, temporary, passing, evanescent, fugitive, flitting, flying, brief, short-lived, here to- day and gone tomorrow.

~Fleetness~, _n._ Swiftness, quickness, rapidity, celerity, velocity, speed.

~Flesh~, _n._ ~1.~ Muscle and fat (_of animal bodies_).

~2.~ Meat, animal food.

~3.~ Pulp, edible part of fruit.

~4.~ Body (_as opposed to spirit_), flesh and blood.

~5.~ Carnality, sensual appetites, bodily desires.

~6.~ Kindred, stock, race.

~Flesh and blood~, Body, human system.

~Flesh-color~, _n._ Carnation.

~Flesh-eating~, _a._ Carnivorous.

~Fleshiness~, _n._ Fatness, plumpness, corpulence, corpulency, EMBONPOINT, obesity.

~Fleshly~, _a._ ~1.~ Human, of flesh.

~2.~ Carnal, sensual, lustful, lascivious, lecherous.

~Fleshy~, _a._ Fat, plump, corpulent.

~Fleur-de-lis~, _n._ [Fr.] Yellow flag (_Iris pseudacorus_), flower-de- luce.

~Flexibility~, _n._ Pliancy, pliability, flexibleness, limberness, litheness, suppleness.

~Flexible~, _a._ Pliable, pliant, limber, flexible, lithe, supple, not stiff, not rigid, easily bent.

~Flexibleness~, _n._ Pliancy, FLEXIBILITY.

~Flexile~, _a._ Pliable, FLEXIBLE.

~Flexuous~, _a._ Winding, bending, tortuous, sinuous, sinuate, crooked, serpentine.

~Flexure~, _n._ ~1.~ Bonding.

~2.~ Bend, crook, turn, fold.

~Flibbertigibbet~, _n._ [_Low._] Imp, sprite, demon, malignant spirit, little devil.

~Flicker~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flutter.

~2.~ Fluctuate, waver, float.

~Flickermouse~, _n._ Bat, flindermouse, flittermouse.

~Flight~, _n._ ~1.~ Flying, soaring, mounting, volitation.

~2.~ Fleeing, hasty departure.

~3.~ Flock (_of birds_).

~4.~ Volley, shower.

~Flighty~, _a._ Giddy, wild, volatile, light-headed, without ballast.

~Flimsy~, _a._ ~1.~ Slight, thin, unsubstantial, of frail texture.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, trivial, frivolous, foolish, trifling, light, puerile, shallow, superficial, trashy.

~Flinch~, _v. n._ Shrink, withdraw, retreat, swerve, wince, draw back, hold back.

~Flindermouse~, _n._ Bat, flittermouse, flickermouse.

~Flinders~, _n. pl._ Splinters, fragments.

~Fling~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, cast, hurl, toss, dart, pitch, flirt, chuck, shy.

~2.~ Prostrate, overthrow, throw to the ground, throw down.

~Fling~, _v. n._ Flounce, wince, fly into violent motions.

~Fling~, _n._ ~1.~ Throw, cast, toss.

~2.~ Jeer, gibe, flout, scoff, sneer, taunt.

~Fling away~, Reject, discard, throw away.

~Fling open~, Throw open, open suddenly.

~Fling up~, Relinquish, abandon.

~Flippancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Volubility, fluency.

~2.~ Pertness, boldness, impertinence, sauciness, impudence.

~Flippant~, _a._ ~1.~ Voluble, fluent, glib, talkative, nimble of speech, of ready utterance.

~2.~ Pert, impertinent, saucy, malapert, forward, bold, impudent.

~Flirt~, _v. a._ Throw (_with a jerk_), toss, fling, pitch, hurl, chuck, shy.

~Flirt~, _v. n._ Coquet, philander, make love, make a show of love, affect to be in love, play at courtship.

~Flirt~, _n._ ~1.~ Coquette, jilt.

~2.~ Jerk, sudden fling.

~Flirtation~, _n._ Coquetry, affectation of love.

~Flit~, _v. n._ Fly rapidly, dart along.

~Flitter~, _n._ Rag, tatter, fritter, shred.

~Flittermouse~, _n._ Bat, flindermouse, flickermouse.

~Flitting~, _a._ Fleeting, evanescent, transient, transitory, passing, fugitive, ephemeral.

~Float~, _v. n._ Swim, WAFT, be buoyed up.

~Float~, _v. a._ Buoy up, bear up, keep afloat, bear on the surface.

~Float~, _n._ ~1.~ Raft, floating mass.

~2.~ Buoy.

~3.~ Float-board.

~Float-board~, _n._ Float.

~Floccillation~, _n._ (_Med._) Carphology, tilmus.

~Flock~, _n._ ~1.~ Collection (_of sheep, &c._), company.

~2.~ Lock of wool.

~Flock~, _v. n._ Congregate, herd, gather in crowds.

~Flog~ _v. a._ Beat, lash, whip, thrash, drub, scourge, flagellate.

~Flood~, _n._ ~1.~ Inundation, deluge, overflow, freshet.

~2.~ Great flow.

~Flood~, _v. a._ Overflow, inundate, deluge, flow.

~Flood-gate~, _n._ Sluice-gate.

~Flood-mark~, _n._ High-water mark.

~Floor~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover with a floor, put a floor on.

~2.~ Overthrow, bring to the floor, knock down.

~3.~ Prevail over (_in argument_), get the better of.

~Flora~, _n._ Plants (_of a country_).

~Floret~, _n._ Floweret, little flower.

~Floriculture~, _n._ Cultivation of flowers.

~Floriculturist~, _n._ Florist.

~Florid~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Flowery.

~2.~ Rubicund, of a bright red color.

~3.~ Ornate, rhetorical, figurative, highly embellished.

~Florist~, _n._ Floriculturist.

~Flounce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (_as an animal in a passion_).

~2.~ FLOUNDER, toss about.

~Flounce~, _n._ ~1.~ Jerk, throe, spring.

~2.~ Frill (_on a gown, &c._), furbelow.

~Flounder~, _v. n._ Struggle (_as an animal in the mire_), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.

~Flour-box~, _n._ Dredging-box, FLOUR-DREDGE.

~Flour-dredge~, _n._ Dredging-box, flour-box, dredge-box.

~Flourish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Thrive, grow.

~2.~ Prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well.

~3.~ Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash, make a flourish.

~Flourish~, _v. a._ Brandish, wave.

~Flourish~, _n._ ~1.~ Ostentation, parade, show, display, dash.

~2.~ Bombast, grandiloquence, flowery speech, high-sounding words.

~3.~ Fanciful strokes (_of a pen, &c._).

~Flout~, _v. a._ Insult, mock, jeer, gibe, deride, taunt, chaff, scoff at, sneer at, treat with contempt.

~Flout~, _v. n._ Sneer, be contemptuous.

~Flout~, _n._ Insult, mock, sneer, scoff, taunt.

~Flow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along.

~2.~ Issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result, be derived.

~3.~ Glide, move along easily or smoothly.

~4.~ Wave, float, undulate, waver, hang loosely.

~5.~ Abound, be full.

~Flow~, _v. a._ Flood, inundate, deluge, overflow.

~Flow~, _n._ ~1.~ Stream, current, flux.

~2.~ Abundance, copiousness.

~Flower~, _n._ ~1.~ Blossom, bloom.

~2.~ Best part, finest part.

~3.~ Prime, early vigor.

~4.~ Figure, figure of speech, ornamental expression.

~Flower~, _v. n._ Blossom, bloom, be in flower, put forth flowers.

~Flower-cup~, _n._ Calyx.

~Flower-de-luce~, _n._ Fleur-de-lis, yellow flag (_Iris pseudacorus_).

~Floweret~, _n._ Floret, little flower.

~Flowers of sulphur~, Sublimed sulphur.

~Flowery~, _a._ ~1.~ Bloomy, full of flowers.

~2.~ Ornate, figurative, florid.

~Flowing~, _a._ 1~.~ Running.

~2.~ Fluent, copious, smooth.

~Flowk~, _n._ Fluke, turbot (_Platessa maximus_).

~Fluctuate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Oscillate, be unsteady, rise and fall, move to and fro, move up and down.

~2.~ Waver, vacillate, be irresolute or inconstant.

~Fluctuation~, _n._ ~1.~ Oscillation, unsteadiness, rising and falling.

~2.~ Wavering, inconstancy, vacillation, hesitation.

~Fluency~, _n._ ~1.~ Smoothness.

~2.~ Volubility, glibness, readiness of speech, ready utterance, command of language, facility of expression, GIFT OF THE GAB.

~Fluent~, _a._ ~1.~ Flowing, gliding.

~2.~ Smooth, not harsh.

~3.~ Voluble, glib, ready (_in speech_).

~Fluff~, _n._ Nap, down.

~Fluffy~, _a._ Nappy, downy.

~Flugelman~, _n._ File-leader, leader, director, fugleman.

~Fluid~, _a._ Liquid, not solid.

~Fluid~, _n._ Liquid, liquor.

~Fluke~, _n._ ~1.~ Gourd-worm, fluke-worm.

~2.~ Turbot, flowk (_Platessa maximus_).

~Fluke-worm~, _n._ Fluke, gourd-worm.

~Flummery~, _n._ ~1.~ Adulation, sycophancy, obsequiousness, blandishment, flattery, empty compliment.

~2.~ SOWENS, porridge (_made of the dust of oatmeal_).

~Flunky~, _n._ ~1.~ Lackey, livery servant.

~2.~ Mean fellow, mean-spirited person, obsequious person.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Dupe (_in buying stocks_).

~Fluor-spar~, _n._ Derbyshire spar, fluoride of calcium.

~Flurry~, _n._ ~1.~ Flaw, squall, gust of wind.

~2.~ Agitation, hurry, bustle, confusion, commotion, perturbation, disturbance, flutter, ruffle, hurry-skurry.

~Flurry~, _v. a._ Excite, confuse, disconcert, disturb, agitate, fluster, hurry.

~Flush~, _v. n._ Glow, redden.

~Flush~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Redden, color, cause to glow.

~2.~ Animate, elevate, elate, ERECT, excite, make proud.

~Flush~, _a._ ~1.~ Glowing, bright, fresh, vigorous.

~2.~ Affluent, rich, wealthy, opulent, well supplied.

~3.~ Liberal, free, generous, lavish, prodigal.

~4.~ Level, even, plane, flat.

~Flush~, _n._ ~1.~ Redness, ruddiness, rosiness, glow, bloom.

~2.~ Sudden impulse.

~Fluster~, _v. a._ Excite, heat, hurry, agitate, confound, confuse, disconcert, disturb, flurry, pose, nonplus.

~Fluster~, _n._ Agitation, FLURRY.

~Fluted~, _a._ Grooved (_as a column_), channelled.

~Flute-player~, _n._ Flutist.

~Flutist~, _n._ Flute-player.

~Flutter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hover, flap the wings quickly.

~2.~ Flaunt, make a show, make a parade, cut a dash, be ostentatious.

~3.~ Be fickle, be inconstant, be unsteady.

~Flutter~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, tremor, quick motion.

~2.~ Confusion, hurry, commotion, perturbation, flurry, fluster, hurry- skurry.

~Flux~, _n._ ~1.~ Flow, flowing.

~2.~ Mutation, change, transition, shifting.

~3.~ Looseness, diarrhœa, dysentery.

~4.~ Fusion, melting.

~Fluxion~, _n._ (_Math._) Differential, infinitely small quantity.

~Fluxions~, _n. pl._ (_Math._) Calculus, differential and integral calculus.

~Fly~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Soar, mount, hover, take wing.

~2.~ Flutter, float, wave, undulate.

~3.~ Burst, explode, be scattered, break in pieces, be broken to pieces.

~4.~ Flee, escape, decamp, abscond, make off, pack off, slip away, steal away, slink away.

~5.~ Pass, elapse, slip, glide, flit, roll on, flow on.

~Fly at~, Assail, attack, assault, rush upon, spring upon.

~Fly~, _n._ ~1.~ Winged insect.

~2.~ Fly-wheel.

~3.~ Compass card.

~Fly-bane~, _n._ Catchfly.

~Fly-blow~, _n._ Fly's egg.

~Fly open~, Burst open, open suddenly.

~Fly-wheel~, _n._ Fly.

~Foal~, _n._ Colt.

~Foam~, _n._ Froth, spume, spray.

~Foam~, _v. n._ Froth, spume.

~Foamy~, _a._ Frothy, spumy, spumous.

~Fob~, _n._ Watch-pocket.

~Focus~, _n._ Central point, point of concentration, point of convergence.

~Fodder~, _n._ Forage, food (_for cattle_), provender.

~Fodder~, _v. a._ Feed (_cattle_).

~Foe~, _n._ Enemy, adversary, opponent, antagonist, FOEMAN.

~Foeman~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Enemy, foe.

~Fog~, _n._ Haze, mist.

~Foggy~, _a._ ~1.~ Misty, hazy.

~2.~ Confused, dazed, bewildered.

~Fogy~, _n._ [Written also _Fogey_.] Conservative (_in an ill sense_), old fogy.

~Foible~, _n._ Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, infirmity, imperfection, fault, weak point, weak side, blind side.

~Foil~, _v. a._ Defeat, frustrate, balk, disappoint, baffle.

~Foist in~, Interpolate, thrust in, insert wrongfully, introduce surreptitiously.

~Fold~, _n._ ~1.~ Pen (_for sheep_), enclosure.

~2.~ Flock of sheep.

~3.~ Plait, double, doubling, folding, PLICATURE, gather.

~Fold~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Double, lay in folds.

~2.~ Wrap, inwrap, envelop, infold.

~Folding~, _n._ Plait, double, FOLD.

~Foliaceous~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Leafy, foliate.

~2.~ (_Min._) Lamellar, laminated, lamellate, lamellated, scaly, flaky, foliated, schistose.

~Foliage~, _n._ Leaves, clusters of leaves.

~Foliate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Leafy, foliaceous.

~Foliated~, _a._ (_Min._) Lamella, laminated, lamellate, lamellated, schistose.

~Folks~, _n. pl._ [_Colloquial._] People, persons.

~Folkland~, _n._ Copyhold land.

~Folk-lore~, _n._ Popular superstitions.

~Follow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Come or go after or behind, go in the rear or in the wake of, tread in the steps of, tread on the heels of.

~2.~ Succeed, come next, tread close upon.

~3.~ Pursue, chase, run after, go after.

~4.~ Attend, accompany, go along with, keep company with.

~5.~ Obey, heed, observe, be guided by, conform to, yield to.

~6.~ Seek, cherish, cultivate, strive for.

~7.~ Practise, pursue, attend to, make the object of pursuit.

~8.~ Imitate, copy, pattern after, copy after, take as an example.

~Follow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Come or go after.

~2.~ Succeed, come next.

~3.~ Ensue, result, arise, proceed, flow, spring, issue.

~Follower~, _n._ ~1.~ Pursuer.

~2.~ Attendant, retainer, dependant, companion, associate.

~3.~ Adherent, disciple, partisan, pupil.

~4.~ Imitator, copier.

~Follow up~, Examine, scrutinize, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into.

~Folly~, _n._ ~1.~ Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness.

~2.~ Absurdity, extravagance, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion, act of folly, foolish act.

~Foment~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stupe, bathe with warm lotions, apply warm lotions to.

~2.~ Excite, encourage, abet, stimulate, brew, stir up.

~Fomentation~, _n._ ~1.~ Stupe, local bathing (_with warm lotions_).

~2.~ Instigation, encouragement.

~Fond~, _a._ Doting, over-affectionate, foolishly loving, excessively tender.

~Fond of~, Taken with, attached to, much pleased with, delighted with.

~Fondle~, _v. a._ Caress, pet, coddle, cosset, treat with fondness, make much of, make a pet of.

~Fondness~, _n._ ~1.~ Warm love, childish affection, excessive tenderness.

~2.~ Liking, partiality, predilection.

~Font~, _n._ ~1.~ Baptismal vessel.

~2.~ Fount, assortment of types.

~Fontanel~, _n._ (_Med._) Issue (_artificially caused_).

~Food,~ _n._ Aliment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, BREAD, nourishment, meat, provisions, victuals, viands, diet, regimen, fare, cheer, commons, pabulum, subsistence, rations, GRUB, PROG, FODDER, PROVENDER, FEED, FORAGE.

~Fool~, _n._ ~1.~ Dolt, witling, driveller, idiot, simpleton, ninny, nincompoop, blockhead, DUNCE.

~2.~ Buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, zany, clown, mountebank, merry Andrew, scaramouch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

~Fool~, _v. n._ Trifle, toy, play, play the fool, play the monkey, act like a fool.

~Fool~, _v. a._ Deceive, cheat, trick, dupe, gull, delude, circumvent, cozen, overreach, beguile, hoodwink, chouse, cully, impose upon.

~Foolery~, _n._ Absurdity, nonsense, buffoonery, folly, tomfoolery, mummery, foolish conduct.

~Foolhardy~, _a._ Rash, venturous, adventurous, venturesome, reckless, desperate, hot-headed, hot-brained, hair-brained, headlong, precipitate.

~Foolish~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, DAFT, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless, thick-skulled, buffle-headed, shallow-brained.

~2.~ Unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical, ill- judged, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent.

~3.~ Idle, trivial, trifling, vain, childish, puerile, contemptible.

~Foolishness~, _n._ ~1.~ Folly, silliness, imbecility, stupidity, fatuity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness.

~2.~ Absurdity, extravagance, nonsense, imprudence, indiscretion.

~3.~ Puerility, childishness, triviality.

~Foot~, _n._ ~1.~ PAW.

~2.~ Base, bottom, lower part.

~3.~ Twelve inches.

~4.~ (_Mil._) Infantry, foot-soldiers.

~Foot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Add a foot to (_a stocking, boot, &c._), supply with a foot.

~2.~ Add up (_figures_), sum up.

~Foot-boy~, _n._ Runner, footman, livery servant.

~Footfall~, _n._ Footstep, footprint, footmark, track.

~Foothold~, _n._ Footing, place to stand on.

~Footing~, _n._ ~1.~ Foothold.

~2.~ Basis, foundation, ground-work.

~3.~ Rank, standing, grade, state, status, condition.

~4.~ Settlement, establishment, stable position.

~5.~ Sum total (_of a column of figures_).

~Foot it~, [_Colloquial._] Walk, go on foot.

~Footman~, _n._ Runner, footboy, livery servant, man in waiting.

~Footmark~, _n._ Footprint, footstep, track, trace.

~Footpad~, _n._ Highwayman, brigand, robber, freebooter, bandit.

~Footpath~, _n._ Footway.

~Footprint~, _n._ Footmark, footstep, footfall, track, trace.

~Foot-soldiers~, _n. pl._ Foot, infantry.

~Footstalk~, _n._ Petiole, leaf-stalk.

~Footstep~, _n._ ~1.~ Footprint, footmark, footfall, track, trace.

~2.~ Token, mark, sign, vestige.

~Footsteps~, _n. pl._ Example.

~Foot the bill~, [_Colloquial._] Pay the bill.

~Foot-traveller~, _n._ Pedestrian, traveller afoot.

~Footway~, _n._ Footpath.

~Fop~, _n._ Coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, beau, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, macaroni, popinjay, SWELL, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.

~Foppery~, _n._ Coxcombry, dandyism, foppishness, showy folly, vanity in dress.

~Foppish~, _a._ Dandyish, coxcombical, dandified, vain of dress.

~Foppishness~, _n._ Coxcombry, foppery.

~For~, _prep._ ~1.~ Because of, by reason of.

~2.~ On account of, for the sake of.

~3.~ In the place of, instead of.

~4.~ Concerning, with respect to, with regard to.

~5.~ Toward, towards.

~6.~ Conducive to, beneficial to.