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One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but fanciers." Macaulay.

like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some char…

esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. "His favorite argument." Macaulay.

awning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.

eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends. tennyson. Swore fealty to the new government. Macaulay.

In a feeble manner. The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart. Macaulay.

fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. Garrick. Tenderness for the feelings of others. Macaulay.

an; womanish; womanly. Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.

n taught her dazzing fence. Milton. Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. Macaulay.

fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance. The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay.

spake the fervent angel. Milton. A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. Macaulay. -- Fer"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n. Laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col. iv. 12.

akes it fester. South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.

lent; to sell for. Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay.

that her flight had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented to account for it. Macaulay.

arty to which one is bound; loyalty. Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. Macaulay. The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty. A. Hamilton.

peration, or achievement; province; room. Afforded a clear field for moral experiments. Macaulay.

e's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause. He had to fight his way through the world. Macaulay. I have fought a good fight. 2 Tim. iv. 7.

he plainest form of statement. To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. Macaulay.

cience of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." Macaulay.

Pertaining to finance. "Our financial and commercial system." Macaulay.