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ion and activity. Jer. Taylor. A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith. C. Kingsley. Acetous, or Acetic, fermentation, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment (Mycoderma aceti). The process involves two distinct reactions, in…

and flapdragtons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.

The place or region of flunkies. C. Kingsley.

deposited by the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. Kingsley. -- Fly cap, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions…

nsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction. -- Fool's parsley (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Æthusa Cynapium) resembling parsley, but nauseous and poisonous. -- To make a fool of, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to shame. [Colloq.] -- To play the fool, to act the buffoon; to a…

Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition. C. Kingsley.

ned, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] C. Kingsley. To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.] To funk right out o' political strife. Lowell (Biglow Papers).

races, languages, and customs . . . had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. C. Kingsley. Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.

To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.

n which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc. [Colloq.] H. Kingsley.

art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley. To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.

randiose effect of the whole. M. Arnold. The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. C. Kingsley.

gratulation or joy; congratulatory. The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. Bp. Horsley.

Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley.

An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe. H. Kingsley.

Heathenism. C. Kingsley.

The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley.

A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley.

ion for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. " The fox has gone to holt." C. Kingsley.