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ice; the tenant of a feud or fief. The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone. [He] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman.

A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor. Blackstone.

use to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. Blackstone. Cowell.

ry figure. I made some figure there. Dryden. Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. Blackstone.

fire (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc. -- Fire alarm (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm. -- F…

A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."

e Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

on-volatile. Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. -- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. -- Fixed ammunit…

The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Black flag. See under Black. -- Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. -- Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. -- Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to…

ch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

se; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. -- Beach flea, Black flea, etc. See under Beach, etc.

assive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

tural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

ods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone.

er; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore.

To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc. The brave black flag I fly. W. S. Gilbert.

by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for foil of his milk- white to serve. Sir P. Sidney. Hector has a foil to set him off. Broome.

A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Obs.] He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins. Fuller.

A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.