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e fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. -- Fox bat (Zoöl.), a large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more…

to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as -- Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. Davies & Peck. --…

A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.

rengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. Tottem.

The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist.

nder restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. Locke.

Freight transportation, or freight line.

w, under Window. -- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. -- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear. -- French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freel…

The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Addison.

n appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largel…

cting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or narrow strips of leather, or the like.

Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.

The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.

Of great capacity below the water line.

Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley.

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. "In the function of his public calling." Swift.

Any coating considered as resembling fur; as:

y, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.

nd. Shak. -- To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Lowell.

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.