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the short run before a leap. [Obs.] Nares.

n. -- Fibrin ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment which makes its appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of the blood, with formation of fibrin.

Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. Grove.

sely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace. My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires, Yet filed with my abilities. Shak.

A plane for making a rabbet. Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.

he ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely. His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. Milton.

A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson.

en by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous]Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side. -- Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. -- Flemish brick, a hard…

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.

s, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart. To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time; -- said of the wind. -- To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.] -- To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack suddenly. -- To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose w…

A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.

A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.

A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin Totten.

edeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. Goldsmith.

Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." Byron.

At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.

A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.

of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.

l or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp. With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. Pepys.