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Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. "The farce of state." Pope.

unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. Milton. Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. Pope.

e overthrown. Shak. The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings. Pope.

st who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. -- The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.), the pope.

hoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope.

ness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards. O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope. He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11. [The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.

ht; something highly agreeable; entertainment. The feast of reason, and the flow of soul. Pope. Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemo

of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain. Teach me to feel another's woe. Pope. Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing. Eccl. viii. 5. He best can paint them who shall feel them most. Pope. Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt. Byron.

eeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. Pope.

ierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal. Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. Pope.

excite internal emotion in; to heat. Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood. Pope.

; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

view. Without covering, save yon field of stars. Shak. Ask of yonder argent fields above. Pope.

Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Pope.

of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. "A fierce whisper." Dickens. "A fierce tyrant." Pope. The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. Milton. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion. Job. x. 16.

heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope. The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.

Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope. A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] -- Fighting crab (Zoöl.), the fiddler crab. -- Fighting fish (Zoöl.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fi…

m or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss that fills up all the mind." Pope. "And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." Col. i. 24.

one intended to encircle the hair of the head. A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope.

pacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope.