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er animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

eeding caged birds. -- Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns." Jer. i. 39. (Douay version). -- Fig gnat (Zoöl.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs. -- Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clot…

guished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. That he may live in figure and indulgence. Law.

A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] Addison.

Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. And bless their critic with a poet's fire.Pope.

l usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.

loq.] Is he not living, then No. is he dead, then No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey.

Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

of danger; a light- ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage. -- Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under Wandering. -- Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide. -- Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in…

A kind of cloth. Johnson. Florence flask. See under Flask. -- Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence.

Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.

A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

is called this man's or that man's "folly," and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after years. Trench.

A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.

Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.

A moth of the family Lithosidæ; -- so called from its livery- like colors.

To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. Shak.

A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.

front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. (b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. [Irish] "While I am to the fore." W. Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two thousand pounds to the fore" Thackeray.

In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.