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upted cadence. -- False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. -- False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous me…

Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide,…

Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress. Gather up all fancifullest shells. Keats.

A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.

Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc. ; workmanship; execution. The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke ix. 29. I do not like the fashion of your garments. Shak.

One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [R.] The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott.

A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila. Mollett.

A form; a shape. [R.] So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.

Shaped; fashioned. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak.

an fictile art. C. Wordsworth. Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty, n.

A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.

Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped. [R.] Johnson.

Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape. Lead is figurable, but water is not. Johnson.

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon.

t file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. -- File blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. -- File cutter, a maker of files. -- Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. -- Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel teeth;…

Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Smart.

Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennÆ.