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alsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne.

Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo- niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide. Ferricyanic acid (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance, H6(CN)12Fe2, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also hydro-ferricyanic acid, hydrogen ferricyanide, etc.

Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.

Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.

To fertilize; to fecundate. Sir T. Browne.

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

A festival; a festive celebration. Sir T. Browne.

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.

n; a fiction; something feigned or imagined. Social figments, feints, and formalism. Mrs. Browning. It carried rather an appearance of figment and invention . . . than of truth and reality. Woodward.

epresented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. Sir T. Browne.

genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.

ilaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne.

evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.

Infinite. [Obs.] Sir T. browne.