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Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. -- n.

Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts.

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. -- Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a…

A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.

Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative. You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work. J. C. Shairp.

A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb of lead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is to ballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind and to make the least possible leeway by offering great resista…

reading, reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind. -- Finger shell (Zoöl.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form. -- Finger sponge (Zoöl.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches. -- Finger stall, a cover or shield for a finger. -- Fing…

Resembling a fin.

Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer.

A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]

A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.

A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; - - so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe. -- Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. Knight. - Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one…

A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.

Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.] Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston.

Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. "Fleecy flocks." Prior.

A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B. Jonson.