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by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.

The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.]

To flay. [Obs.] He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's skin. J. Fletcher.

Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] Holland.

l bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. Martyn. Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.

ists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.

Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral. Holland. -- Flux"i*ble*ness, n.

To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] Holland.

See Forlet. [Obs.] Holland.

bility to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.] The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius. Holland.

guage of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark.

he forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown. [Obs.] The Commons frounced and stormed. Holland.

rm of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expanding gradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some flowers; infundibuliform.

Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.). Wrapped up in my furs. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Furzy; gorsy. [Obs.] Holland.

To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." Holland.

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.

g as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jell…

A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavores with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.