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A festering. [R.] Chalmers.

To feast; to entertain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.

Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- Fes"ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak.

Haste; hurry. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.

The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd.

Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Festive; fond of festive occasions. [Obs.] "A festlich man." Chaucer.

A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. Sir J. Herschel.

Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.] A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne.

Formed or consisting of straw. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.

The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.

To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.

One who finestills.