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Strong; powerful; fierce. [Obs.] -- Derf"ly, adv. [Obs.]

Far forth. [Obs.] As ferforth as, as far as. -- So ferforth, to such a degree.

Ferforth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

Abounding with flowers. Craig.

A heterogenous group of fungi of which the complete life history is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the orders Sphæropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales.

See Gyrfalcon.

Changeable; capricious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak.

The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]

Incapable of being mad perfect. [R.]

The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish. Sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head. Shak.

The state of being imperfect.

Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.

A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks.

The state of being without perforation.

Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.

Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.

One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office. [U.S.]