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in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

ical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery. They dilate . . . and flourish long on little incidents. J. Watts.

To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. Bacon.

e fluffy." Thackeray. The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Dickens. -- Fluff"i*ness, n.

ts are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method.

A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.

Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.

A little fort; a blockhouse. [Obs.] Spenser.

A little fort; a fortlet. [Obs.]

A little fort. [R.] Bailey.

A little hollow; hence, a dimple.

o freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it. -- To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part. -- To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

ection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will. There is little friendship in the world. Bacon. There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Rambler. Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. Spenser.

Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t.,

related to the pelicans. -- Frigate mackerel (Zoöl.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. -- Frigate pelican. (Zoöl.) Same as Frigate bird.

A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. Johnson.

e. Pope. To fritter away, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.

Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift.

To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.