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Timorous; feeble-minded. [Obs.] "A fainting, silly creature." Arbuthnot.

Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.

Feeble; languid. [R.] Dryden.

s, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees. I fell at his feet to worship him. Rev. xix. 10.

Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. Lowell.

the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55. The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden.

(Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

es make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.

ly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous. Glanvill.

See Feeze.

To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude. I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Ps. xxiii. 4.

imp. & p. p. of Feed.

See Feeze, v. t.

An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture. Burrill.

imp. & p. p. or a. from Feel.

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 who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.