n. [ See Fist. ] The fist. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

a. [ L. festum holiday, feast. See feast. ] Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive. [ 1913 Webster ]

You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Joyously; festively; mirthfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } A feast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fescennine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula. ] 1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A festering or rankling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to fester or rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate,
And festered ranking malice in my breast. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Festered p. pr. & vb. n. Festering. ] [ OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n. ] 1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wounds immedicable
Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A festering. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. festier, festeer, F. festoyer. ] To feast; to entertain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]