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The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Bacon.

t; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.

A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.

The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.

A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.

Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances. The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction and moral elevation has been recognized by most if not all great educators. Dict. of Education.

A writer of fiction. [R.] Lamb.

Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.

Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] Locke.

Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. Akenside.

ire, Green fire (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc. -- Fire alarm (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an a…

ar god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." Shak.

o notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. Swift.…

sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton.

To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.