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ntly moving (in consequence of the erth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.

A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish.

ench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.

will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. Southey.

To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.

sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." Southey.

A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

Foresight; prudence. Let this forewit guide thy thought. Southwell.

abrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba. -- Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. -- Fox shark (Zoöl.), the thrasher shark. See Th…

llied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.

or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.

ur country richly fraught. Shak. A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences oSouth. Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. I. Taylor.

formerly those of the Hanseatic league. -- Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. South. -- Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] "Sal and her free and easy ways." W. Black. -- Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty. -- Free labor, the labor of free…

To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.

The practice or habit of frequenting. [R.] Southey.

; -- called also man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are rel…

In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, esp. the black seed of a variety of P. vulgaris.

. See Peristome. Fringe tree (Bot.), a small tree (Chionanthus Virginica), growing in the Southern United States, and having snow- white flowers, with long pendulous petals.

A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clusters of white flowers with slender petals. It is often cultivated.

Noise; clatter; crash. [R.] Southey.