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A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.

One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

; witty; humorous. [Archaic] "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.

A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. Shak.

n; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

to become depressed or despondent. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Prov. xxiv. 10.

riginally, one given or purchased at a fair. Gay. Fairing box, a box receiving savings or small sums of money. Hannah More.

One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

owed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zoöl.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola ænanthe). See Wheatear.

A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind. Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.

A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]

A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.