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See Fluorite.

See Fluorite.

binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Calcium fluoride (Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite.

A tetrahexahedron; -- so called because it is a common form of fluorite.

r mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.

reasonable, silly, profitless adventure or undertaking. -- Fool's gold, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in color. -- Fool's paradise, a name applied to a limbo (see under Limbo) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction. --…

soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay.

born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. Denham.

sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury. Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton.

or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent. His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal ostentation. Shak.

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

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

A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unident…

Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.

To make full; to fill. [Obs.] With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminste…

To bury with funeral rites. [Obs.] Cockeram.

The act of burying with funeral rites. [Obs.] Knatchbull.

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