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Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.

to two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.

Neatly; gracefully; properly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

endering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.

One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter. I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. Sir W. Scott.

Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.

Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.

in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers. I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed. Beau. & Fl.

Son; -- sometimes used after a French proper name to distinguish a son from his father, as, Alexandre Dumas, fils.

e supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.

Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.

The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.

ho gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. O prophet of glad tidings, finisher Of utmost hope! Milton.

Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] -- Fire clay. See under Clay. -- Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. -- Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] Milton. -- Fire damp. See under Damp. -- Fire dog…

A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. Knight.

urner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.

Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked Job xxxiv. 18.

In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.

The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.