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An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments. [R.]

r above par. -- Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [Obs.] Bailey.

A depriving of bone or of fruit stones. [Obs.] Bacon.

Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones.

One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. "I would call it fair play." Shak.

Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest. -- Fair"*mind`ed*ness, n.

Honestly; properly. Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp. Hawthorne.

The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [Obs.] "Make thy words faithed." Shak.

Not truly; not honestly; falsely. "You play me false." Shak.

A patroness. [Obs.] Chapman.

erial to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.

st them out of thine own heart. Neh. vi. 8. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.

Variant of Felon. [Obs.] Those two were foes the fellonest on ground. Spenser.

companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades. There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. Shak.

The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty. The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. Hooker.