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Timorous; feeble-minded. [Obs.] "A fainting, silly creature." Arbuthnot.

from Fall, v. i. Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i. -- Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century. -- Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy. Shak. -- Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star.…

The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

er; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food. He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13.

Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart.

In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.

See Fehling's solution, under Solution.

Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidæ; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinic acid.

Sympathy; a like feeling.

A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called fix in the United States.]

A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects. Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day to day. Longfellow.

A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.

A young salmon. See Parr.

first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton.

Having the tongue forked.

of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. [Written also Fissilingues.]

A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.

Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.