v. t. to harden (steel) by adding carbon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The business of a factor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. intensely fashionable for a short time. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- trendy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. prone to follow fads; as, a faddish clique of teenagers; -- of people.
Syn. -- trendy. [ PJC ]

‖n. The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., fr. fahl dun-colored + band a band. ] (Mining) A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. Raymond.

{ } n. [ G. fahlerz; fahl dun-colored, fallow + erz ore. ] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fahlun, a place in Sweden. ] (Min.) A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the alteration of iolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ abbrev. ] an abbreviation of Fahrenheit; -- used in designating temperatures; as, 72° Fahr. Used as an alternative to celsius.
Syn. -- fahrenheit, f., F. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>prop. a. [ G. ] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to celsius. -- n. The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The
Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States and in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4.

-- Faint"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"-heart`ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly faint; somewhat faint. -- Faint"ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

. (Football) A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Having fair or light-colored hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. favorite; considered especially talented or promising; as, the fair-haired boy of the literary set. [ prenominal ] [ informal ]
Syn. -- blue-eyed(prenominal), white-haired(prenominal), white-headed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Fairness; beauty. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tolerably fair. [ Colloq. ] W. D. Howells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair-weather sailor, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of carpet knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. pei`qein to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and cf. Confide, Defy, Fealty. ] 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Judeo-Christian Theol.) (a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. (b) (Christian Theol.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without faith it is impossible to please him [ God ]. Heb. xi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called “trust” or “confidence” exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. J. Hawes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Muslim faith; the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Which to believe of her,
Must be a faith that reason without miracle
Could never plant in me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. Gal. i. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children in whom is no faith. Deut. xxvii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose failing, while her faith to me remains,
I should conceal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

For you alone
I broke me faith with injured Palamon. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Credibility or truth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The faith of the foregoing narrative. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

Act of faith. See Auto-da-fé. --
Breach of faith,
Confession of faith, etc. See under Breach, Confession, etc. --
Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. --
In good faith, with perfect sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. By my faith; in truth; verily. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [ Obs. ] “Make thy words faithed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. Deut. vii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, by ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless, faithful only he. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a faithful saying. 2 Tim. ii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

Syn. -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.

-- Faith"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the trait of being faithful.
Syn. -- fidelity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Not believing; not giving credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not observant of promises or covenants. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. “Yonder faithless phantom.” Goldsmith.

-- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. fälcio, fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a ship's rib, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf. Defalcation. ] 1. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. False-hearted. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"-heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]

n. [ False + -hood ] 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. [ 1913 Webster ]

For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

No falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper. Milton.

Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Famished p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing. ] [ OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish. ] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To force or constrain by famine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To die of hunger; to starve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. Prov. x. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being famished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a type of goldfish bred artificially, having a realtively short oval body and a tail with four lobes arrayed somewhat like a folding fan, as though forming a part of the surface of a cone. Called also fantail. [ PJC ]

n. state of perfection; the utmost degree; as, they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [ Obs. ] “Politic farfetches.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Far + fetch. ] To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Skill in farming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a wide range or effect; as, far-reaching (or extensive) forests; a far-reaching reform.
Syn. -- extensive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Politics) extremely conservative politically.
Syn. -- reactionary, reactionist, ultraconservative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Hypermetropic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Quality of bbeing farsighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Hypermetropia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stretched beyond ordinary limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., compar. of Far. [ superl. Farthest See Further. ] [ For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further. Cf. Farthest. ] 1. More remote; more distant than something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some farther change awaits us. MIlton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event. [ 1913 Webster ]

No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] It will be dangerous to go on. No farther ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To help onward. [ R. ] See Further. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Furtherance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Obs. ] See Furthermore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most remote; farthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Superl. of far. [ See Farther and cf. Furthest ] Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest. [ 1913 Webster ]