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Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event. No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc. It will be dangerous to go on. No farther ! Shak.

p upon him. Shak. To fasten a charge, or a crime, upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. -- To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. Acts iii. 4.

ed by with before the thing complained of; but formerly by at. "Matter to find fault at." Robynson (More's Utopia).

nds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge. -- In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. -- In favor with, favored, counten…

rify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. z2 fera their people from doing evil. Robynsin (More's utopia). Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Shak.

color, essentially a tantalo- niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

A brooch, clasp, or buckle. Mere fibulæ, without a robe to clasp. Wordsworth.

l fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.

would they filch that little food away. Dryden. But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Shak.

ially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.

Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.]

, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.

Made or consisting of flannel. [Obs.] "Flannen robes." Dryden.

Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.

To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. Spenser.

ris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem.

A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral.

A highwayman or robber on foot.

For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). -- For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.