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A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of fibers, hairs, or spines.

A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.

A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure.

A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.

To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only. He will fence with his own shadow. Shak.

Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.

A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.

of the tender sex. S. G. Goodrich. Azorean, or Sweet, fennel, (Fæniculum dulce). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. -- Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed. -- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup f…

A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharge corrupt matter; a pustule.

To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay.

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb.

The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity. Shak.

A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.

The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc. [Southern U.S.]

To play on a fiddle. Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon.

A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America.

a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.