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A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer.

The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costæ of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function. Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation. -- Exponential equation, an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unkno…

One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient.

on F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. Brande & C.

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

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

nd ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. -- Fever blister (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. -- Fever bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood. -- Fever powder. Same as Jame…

A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria.

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

of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]

Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.

Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak. -- Fit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fit"ful*ness, n. The victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.

Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

ving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

o disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har

Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

A variant of Flute. [Obs.]

A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.