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By pilfering or petty stealing.

The state of being filthy. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1.

he act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant.

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,…

The quality of being flashy.

ion of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.

Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. D. Jerrold.

In a flinching manner.

, adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.

A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the [Eng.]

In a flushing manner.

Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.

The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. See Legislature, below.

To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.] The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. Shak.

To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. [Obs.] "Let it forthink you." Tyndale. That me forthinketh, quod this January. Chaucer.

ists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison.

Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief. Berkeley. -- a.

State or quality of being frothy.