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lt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. -- To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. Acts iii. 4.

Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness. Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, fattish old man. Carlyle.

That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.

skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic] Never master had a page . . . so feat. Shak. And look how well my garments sit upon me --Much feater than before. Shak.

ry fire, first, by Prometheus. -- Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel.

Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion. The humbled power of a ferocious enemy. Lowth.

the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Pope.

larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm.

To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.

an flower (Actinotus helianthi), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.

A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak.

Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]

The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.

To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.

The aspect or countenance; assurance. To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. Shak.

show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. Shak. Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day foreshows. Denham.

Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.