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That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Men often swallow falsities for truths. Sir T. Brown.

pon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller.

A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

orals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.

hich is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility. Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne.

h, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. Milton. Ye feathery people of mid air. Barry Cornwall.

shalt feed people Israel. 2 Sam. v. 2. Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. B. Cornwall.

Without fellow or equal; peerless. Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman.

To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure. O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens. Shak. A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees. Shak. To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the…

ble of being defended, or of making or affording defense. [Obs.] No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong. Spenser.

To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.

rtilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

Heat; excessive warmth. The fevor of ensuing day. Waller.

The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.

r a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.

rket or for use. Finishing coat. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. -- Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics. -- Finishing rolls (Iron Working…

The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.

of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum. -- Fissure needle (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. Knight. -- Fissure of rolando (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.…

A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; - - so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives.