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Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas, fils.

t shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus.

e highest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; -- distinguished from a second-class car.

First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

(Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. -- Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. -- Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n.…

A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

he pitch line. Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear. -- Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen. -- Flank defense (Fort.), protecti…

Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant. Flat arch. (Arch.) See under Arch, n., 2. (b). -- Flat cap, cap paper, not folded. See under Paper. -- Flat chasing, in fine art metal working, a mode of ornamenting silverware, etc., produc…

Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

stinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. Chaucer.

s the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.

ts, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants. -- Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.

nt of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from reed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and cl…

One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.

Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. [Obs.] Marston.

long popular with the common people. -- Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.

ation of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.

ganization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known.

omlins. Cowell. -- Foreign bill, a bill drawn in one country, and payable in another, as distinguished from an inland bill, which is one drawn and payable in the same country. In this latter, as well as in several other points of view, the different States of the United States are foreign to each other. See Exchange,…