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<p><hw>Fa*ba"ceous</hw> <pr>(f<adot/*b<amac/"sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>faba</ets> bean.]</ety> <def>Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa*bel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabellae</plw> <pr>(-l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>faba</ets> a bean.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa*bel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabellae</plw> <pr>(-l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>faba</ets> a bean.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fa"bi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Fabianus</ets>, <ets>Fabius</ets>, belonging to Fabius.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, <person>Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus</person>; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.</def><br/
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ The <qex>fable</qex> of the city where we dwelt.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></r
<p><hw>Fa"bler</hw> <pr>(f<amac/"bl<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.</def> <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa`bli`au"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabliaux</plw> <pr>(-<osl/")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. OF.<ets>fablel</ets>, dim. of <ets>fable</ets> a fable.]</ety> <fld>(Fr. Lit.)</fld> <def>One of the metrical tales of the Trouv\'8ares, or early poets of the north of France.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`bli`au"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fabliaux</plw> <pr>(-<osl/")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. OF.<ets>fablel</ets>, dim. of <ets>fable</ets> a fable.]</ety> <fld>(Fr. Lit.)</fld> <def>One of the metrical tales of the Trouv\'8ares, or early poets of the north of France.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fab"ric</hw> <pr>(f<acr/b"r<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fabrica</ets> fabric, workshop: cf. F. <ets>fabrique</ets> fabric. See <er>Forge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; <as>as cloth of a beautiful <ex>fabric</ex></as>.</def><br/
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Rose like an exhalation.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>
<p><hw>Fac</hw> <pr>(f<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. of <ets>facsimile</ets>.]</ety> <def>A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.</def> <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa`\'87ade"</hw> <pr>(f<adot/`s<adot/d" <it>or</it> f<adot/`s<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>facciata</ets>, fr. <ets>faccia</ets> face, L. <ets>facies</ets>. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. <as>Thus a church is said to have its <ex>fa\'87ade</ex> unfinished, though the interior may be in use.</as></def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`\'87ade"</hw> <pr>(f<adot/`s<adot/d" <it>or</it> f<adot/`s<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>facciata</ets>, fr. <ets>faccia</ets> face, L. <ets>facies</ets>. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. <as>Thus a church is said to have its <ex>fa\'87ade</ex> unfinished, though the interior may be in use.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Face</hw> <pr>(f<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from L. <ets>facies</ets> form, shape, face, perh. from <ets>facere</ets> to make (see <er>Fact</er>); or perh. orig. meaning <ets>appearance</ets>, and from a root meaning <ets>to shine</ets>, and akin to E. <ets>fancy</ets>. Cf. <er>Facetious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.</def><br/
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ This tempest, and deserve the name of king.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fac"et*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having facets.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa*ce"ti*\'91</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>facetus</ets>. See <er>Facete</er>.]</ety> <def>Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa*ce"ti*\'91</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>facetus</ets>. See <er>Facete</er>.]</ety> <def>Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>face" time`</hw> <pr>(f<amac/s" t<imac/m`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; -- contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; <as>as, the chief of staff has the most <ex>face time</ex> with the president</as>.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark><br/
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ This tempest, and deserve the name of king.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
<p><note><hand/ The terms <xex>facient</xex>, <xex>faciend</xex>, and <xex>factum</xex>, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See <er>Multiplication</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa"ci*es</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from, face. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa"ci*es</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from, face. See <er>Face</er>.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The anterior part of the head; the face.</def><br/
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fac"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Making; having power to make.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdYou are . . . <xex>factive</xex>, not destructive.\'b8 <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fac"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L., ablative of <ets>factum</ets> deed, fact.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>In fact; by the act or fact.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fac"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L., ablative of <ets>factum</ets> deed, fact.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>In fact; by the act or fact.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><cs><col><b>De facto</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See <er>De facto</er>.</cd></cs><br/
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.</q> <rj><qau>Marlowe.</qau></rj><br/
<p><-- p. 537 --></p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fac"tum</hw> <pr>(f<acr/k"t<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Facta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A man's own act and deed</def>; particularly: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>Anything stated and made certain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Testamentary Law)</fld> <def>The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fac"tum</hw> <pr>(f<acr/k"t<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Facta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A man's own act and deed</def>; particularly: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>Anything stated and made certain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Testamentary Law)</fld> <def>The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The product. See <er>Facient</er>, 2.</def><br/
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.</q> <rj><qau>Marlowe.</qau></rj><br/
<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>An invoice or bill of parcels.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fac"u*l\'91</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. <ets>of facula</ets> a little torch.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the <partof>photosphere</partof>. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.</def> <rj><au>Newcomb.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fac"u*l\'91</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. <ets>of facula</ets> a little torch.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the <partof>photosphere</partof>. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.</def> <rj><au>Newcomb.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fac"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the facul\'91.</def> <rj><au>R. A. Proctor.</au></rj><br/
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ Hath borne his <qex>faculties</qex> so meek.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
-- <wordforms><wf>Fad"dish</wf>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa`daise"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`daise"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><mhw><hw>faddish</hw> <hw>faddy</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>intensely fashionable for a short time.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
@@ -1021,10 +1021,10 @@ Made a dim silver twilight.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>F\'91"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Fecal</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8F\'91"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faex</ets>, pl. <ets>faeces</ets>, dregs.]</ety> <def>Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>feces</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>F\'91"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>faex</ets>, pl. <ets>faeces</ets>, dregs.]</ety> <def>Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>feces</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8F\'91c"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Fecula</er>.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>F\'91c"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Fecula</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fa"\'89r*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & a.</pos> <def>Fairy.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
@@ -1123,13 +1123,13 @@ Made a dim silver twilight.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fag"ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Fagoted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Fagoting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously.</def> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa*got"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Fagot</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa*got"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Fagot</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa"ham</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The leaves of an orchid (<spn>Angraecum fragrans</spn>), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa"ham</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The leaves of an orchid (<spn>Angraecum fragrans</spn>), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fahl"band`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored + <ets>band</ets> a band.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.</def> <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj></p>
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fahl"band`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored + <ets>band</ets> a band.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.</def> <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj></p>
<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fahl"erz</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fahl"band</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>fahlerz</ets>; <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored, fallow + <ets>erz</ets> ore.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tetrahedrite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ For that unnoticed <qex>failing</qex> in herself.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Fault</er>.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Faille</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Faille</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fail"ure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Fail</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; <as>as, <ex>failure</ex> of rain; <ex>failure</ex> of crops.</as></def><br/
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ Among the faithless, <qex>faithful</qex> only he.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj
<p><hw>Fa"kir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. confused with <er>Fakir</er> an oriental ascetic.]</ety> <def>See <er>Faker</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa"la*na"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (<spn>Eupleres Goudotii</spn>), allied to the civet; -- called also <altname>Falanouc</altname>.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa"la*na"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (<spn>Eupleres Goudotii</spn>), allied to the civet; -- called also <altname>Falanouc</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fal*cade"</hw> <pr>(f<acr/l*k<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., ultimately fr. L. <ets>falx</ets>, <ets>falcis</ets>, a sickle or scythe.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.</def> <rj><au>Harris.</au></rj><br/
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ Among the faithless, <qex>faithful</qex> only he.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj
<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fal"cu*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a small sickle, a billhook.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A curved and sharp-pointed claw.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fal"cu*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a small sickle, a billhook.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A curved and sharp-pointed claw.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fal"cu*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.</def><br/
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ Touch of celestial temper.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>
<p><hw>Fal*set"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Falsettos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It. <ets>falsetto</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>falsus</ets>. See <er>False</er>.]</ety> <def>A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See <cref>Head voice</cref>, under <er>Voice</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fal"si*cri"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Civ. Law)</fld> <def>The crime of falsifying.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fal"si*cri"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Civ. Law)</fld> <def>The crime of falsifying.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><note><hand/ This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses of a like character.</note> <rj><au>Burrill. Greenleaf.</au></rj><br/
@@ -2557,13 +2557,13 @@ Shall <qex>falter</qex> under foul rebellion's arms.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></r
<p><hw>Fal"ter*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hesitating; trembling.</def> \'bdWith <xex>faltering</xex> speech.\'b8 <au>Milton.</au> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>Falter; halting; hesitation.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Fal"ter*ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Fa`luns"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`luns"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Fal"we</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>Fallow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Falx</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a sickle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A curved fold or process of the <partof>dura mater</partof> or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Falx</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a sickle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A curved fold or process of the <partof>dura mater</partof> or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Fam"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>falmelen</ets>; cf. SW. <ets>famla</ets> to grope, Dan. <ets>famle</ets> to grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. <ets>f\'belma</ets> to grope. Cf. <er>Famble</er>.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/
@@ -2851,7 +2851,7 @@ With politic grave counsel.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Fanning machine</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Fanning mill</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner.</cd></cs><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fa`nal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`nal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Fa*nat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fanaticus</ets> inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. <ets>fanum</ets> fane: cf. F. <ets>fanatique</ets>. See <er>Fane</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; <as>as, <ex>fanatic</ex> zeal; <ex>fanatic</ex> notions.</as></def><br/
@@ -3029,7 +3029,7 @@ Of sorriest <qex>fancies</qex> your companoins making ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>
<p><hw>Fane</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Vane</er>.]</ety> <def>A weathercock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fa*ne"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1<?/ to 2<?/ bushels; also, a measure of land.</def> <rj><au>De Colange.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa*ne"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1<?/ to 2<?/ bushels; also, a measure of land.</def> <rj><au>De Colange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Fan"fare`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Fanfaron</er>.]</ety> <def>A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.</def><br/
@@ -3038,7 +3038,7 @@ Of sorriest <qex>fancies</qex> your companoins making ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>
<p><q>The <qex>fanfare</qex> announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fan"fa*ron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarron</ets>; cf. It. <ets>fanfano</ets>, and OSp. <ets>fanfa</ets> swaggering, boasting, also Ar. <ets>farf\'ber</ets> talkative.]</ety> <def>A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fan"fa*ron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarron</ets>; cf. It. <ets>fanfano</ets>, and OSp. <ets>fanfa</ets> swaggering, boasting, also Ar. <ets>farf\'ber</ets> talkative.]</ety> <def>A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Fan*far`on*ade"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>fanfaronnade</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>fanfarronada</ets>. See <er>Fanfaron</er>.]</ety> <def>A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.</def> <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
@@ -3214,7 +3214,7 @@ That wreathes its old <qex>fantastic</qex> roots so high.</q> <rj><qau>T. Gray.<
<p><hw>Fan*tas"tic*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Fantasticalness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fan*tas"ti*co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A fantastic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fan*tas"ti*co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A fantastic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Fan"ta*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fantasies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.</def><br/
@@ -3242,7 +3242,7 @@ Begin to throng into my memory.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fan*tigue"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fan*tique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fanteague</asp>, <asp>fanteeg</asp>, etc.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fantod</er>.]</ety> <def>State of worry or excitment; fidget; ill humor.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fan`toc*ci"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. fr. <ets>fante</ets> child.]</ety> <def>Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fan`toc*ci"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. fr. <ets>fante</ets> child.]</ety> <def>Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.</def><br/
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Fan"tod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Fan"tad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fantigue</er>.]</ety> <def>State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
@@ -3346,7 +3346,7 @@ Begin to throng into my memory.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Far"an*dams</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair.</def> <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fa`ran`dole"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farandole</ets>, Pr. <ets>farandoulo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.</def></p>
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa`ran`dole"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farandole</ets>, Pr. <ets>farandoulo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.</def></p>
<p><q>I have pictured them dancing a sort of <qex>farandole</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. D. Howells.</qau></rj><br/
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@@ -3430,7 +3430,7 @@ Begin to throng into my memory.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fard</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>farder</ets> to paint one's face.]</ety> <def>To paint; -- said esp. of one's face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shenstone.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Far`dage"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Fardel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dunnage</er>.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Far`dage"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Fardel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dunnage</er>.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Far"del</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>fardel</ets>, F. <ets>fardeau</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>fardel</ets>, <ets>fardillo</ets>, <ets>fardo</ets>, LL. <ets>fardellus</ets>; prob. fr. Ar. <ets>fard</ets> one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load. Cf. <er>Furl</er>.]</ety> <def>A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
@@ -3757,7 +3757,7 @@ Still forever <qex>fare</qex> thee <qex>well</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></r
<p><q>A <qex>farraginous</qex> concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Far*ra"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farrago</ets>, <ets>-aginis</ets>, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. <ets>far</ets> a sort of grain. See <er>Farina</er>.]</ety> <def>A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Far*ra"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>farrago</ets>, <ets>-aginis</ets>, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. <ets>far</ets> a sort of grain. See <er>Farina</er>.]</ety> <def>A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.</def><br/
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<p><q>A confounded <qex>farrago</qex> of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.</q> <rj><qau>Sheridan.</qau></rj><br/
@@ -3900,13 +3900,13 @@ Still forever <qex>fare</qex> thee <qex>well</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></r
With ruffs and cuffs, and <qex>farthingales</qex> and things.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fas"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., <pos>pl.</pos> of <ets>fascis</ets> bundle; cf. <ets>fascia</ets> a band, and Gr. <grk>fa`kelos</grk> a bundle.]</ety>, <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fas"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., <pos>pl.</pos> of <ets>fascis</ets> bundle; cf. <ets>fascia</ets> a band, and Gr. <grk>fa`kelos</grk> a bundle.]</ety>, <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Fas"cet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld> <def>A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also <altname>pontee</altname> and <altname>punty</altname>.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fas"ci*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasci\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a band: cf. It. <ets>fascia</ets>. See <er>Fasces</er>, and cf. <er>Fess</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fas"ci*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasci\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a band: cf. It. <ets>fascia</ets>. See <er>Fasces</er>, and cf. <er>Fess</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Column</er>.</def><br/
@@ -3955,7 +3955,7 @@ With ruffs and cuffs, and <qex>farthingales</qex> and things.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.
<p><hw>Fas"ci*cule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Fascicle</er>.]</ety> <def>A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; <as>as, a <ex>fascicule</ex> of fibers, hairs, or spines</as>.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fas*cic"u*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasciculi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Fascicle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little bundle; a fascicle.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fas*cic"u*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasciculi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Fascicle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little bundle; a fascicle.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A division of a book.</def><br/
@@ -4011,7 +4011,7 @@ With ruffs and cuffs, and <qex>farthingales</qex> and things.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.
<p><hw>Fas"ci*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fascinum</ets> witchcraft, akin to <ets>fascinare</ets>. See <er>Fascinate</er>.]</ety> <def>Caused or acting by witchcraft.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bd<xex>Fascinous</xex> diseases.\'b8 <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fas*ci"o*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasciol\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Fasciole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.</def> <rj><au>Wilder.</au></rj><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fas*ci"o*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Fasciol\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Fasciole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.</def> <rj><au>Wilder.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Fas"ci*ole</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fasciola</ets> a little bandage. See <er>Fascia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See <er>Spatangoidea</er>.</def><br/
@@ -4308,7 +4308,7 @@ Into the wood <qex>fast by</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fast"-hand`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fas"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fas"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Records or registers of important events.</def><br/
@@ -4483,7 +4483,7 @@ That nothing sung but death to us and ours.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fa"tal*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being fatal.</def> <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fa"ta Mor*ga"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. <ets>fata</ets>) of the name of <ets>Morg\'a0na</ets>. See <er>Fairy</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fa"ta Mor*ga"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. <ets>fata</ets>) of the name of <ets>Morg\'a0na</ets>. See <er>Fairy</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Fat"back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The menhaden.</def><br/
@@ -4898,7 +4898,7 @@ To lead their business.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><hw>Fat"-wit`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dull; stupid.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fau`bourg"</hw> <pr>(f<omac/`b<oomac/r"; E. f<omac/"b<oomac/rg)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fau`bourg"</hw> <pr>(f<omac/`b<oomac/r"; E. f<omac/"b<oomac/rg)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Fau"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>fauces</ets> throat.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial;</def> <specif>esp.,</specif> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.</def><br/
@@ -4907,7 +4907,7 @@ To lead their business.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
<p><q>Ayin is the most difficult of the <qex>faucals</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Fau"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the <altname>isthmus of the fauces</altname>. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the <xex>pillars of the fauces</xex>, inclose the tonsils.</def><br/
+<p>\'d8<hw>Fau"ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the <altname>isthmus of the fauces</altname>. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the <xex>pillars of the fauces</xex>, inclose the tonsils.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.</def><br/
@@ -5069,13 +5069,13 @@ So goodly and erect, though <qex>faulty</qex> since.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau><
<p><hw>Fau"nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who describ