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One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.

. . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens. Shak. A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees. Shak. To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those w…

e fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.

A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.

e topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees.

The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

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

A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus.

ng of a gun. -- Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. -- Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. -- Fire pot. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly…

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

To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. Pitt.

read out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot. One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.

A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

ek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. Matthewes.

One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees. McElrath.

overed with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.] Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor.

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . . soil. Bp. Horne.

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.