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Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.

To loiter. [Obs.] Shak.

. fort"a The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey.

set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak. A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. Shak. It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. Ma…

A writer of fragments; as, the fragmentist of Wolfenbüttel. [R.]

ther by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.

oint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

To fray; to wear or pull into tatters or tag ends; to tatter; - -used literally and figuratively. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and…

Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton.

A fruiteress. [Obs.]

alts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc. -- Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol.

ral patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture.

A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.

A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.

A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism.

is nearly up. Blackw. Mag. It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. Saintsbury.

A boy; fellow; esp., a serving boy or man; a waiter; -- in Eng. chiefly applied to French waiters.

One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack. Macaulay.