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Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. -- n.

p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer.

A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A kind of cloth. Johnson. Florence flask. See under Flask. -- Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence.

Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially.

A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden.

Named before; aforenamed.

See Legislature.

Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic] The land forenenst the Greekish shore. Fairfax.

The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning. [R.] Rymer.

Forensic. [R.]

te; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Forensic. Berkley.

An eddy current.

A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the frænum of the tongue.

A stranger. [Obs.] Spenser.

Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). -- French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. -- French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window. -- French ch…