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One who invents or writes fables.

To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. "To lie, to face, to forge." Spenser.

A hobby ; freak; whim. -- Fad"dist, n. It is your favorite fad to draw plans. G. Eliot.

Same as Tetrahedrite.

To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.] It faints me to think what follows. Shak.

on.) See Shooting star. -- Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aërolite. -- Falling tide, the ebb tide. -- Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] Bartlett.

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 writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.

A writer of fiction. [R.] Lamb.

e term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.

Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden.

To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.

A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] Addison.

a shovel for taking up coals of fire. -- Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. Raymond. -- Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. -- Fire swab, a s…

Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.

as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. Young.

le, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. "A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house." Macaulay.

One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.

To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.