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nd the petticoat. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. Shak.

A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a.

Hard-hearted. Shak.

The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

See Forswat.

ean polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.]

A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.

Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.

An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.

Same as Foumart.

Full of courage or confidence. Shak.

See Foumart. B. Jonson.

shing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.

The simplest stitch in knitting.

A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson.

Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.

eral finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale. [Written also jubartas, gubertas, dubertus.]

A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.] Clarendon.