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Father. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A fathom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Anything that fatigues. [R.] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen. Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family. Go ! and pretennd your family is young. Pope.

rike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak.

To render fat. [Obs.] If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. B. Jonson.

gements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen.

greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden. Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden. Some farther change awaits us. MIlton.

The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

Abstinence from food; omission to take nounrishment. Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak.

To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.

To be anxious or solicitous for. [R.] The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you. Shak.

To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Shak. Feeding him with the hope of liberty. Knolles.

One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.

Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. [R.] "Feral accidents." Burton.

Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]

petuous. Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails Shak. The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.

The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father. The relation of paternity and filiation. Sir M. Hale.