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Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor. The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion. Shak.

Foreign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Foreign; alien. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Strange; foreign. [Old Eng. & Scot.] Chaucer.

a place without paying one's debts. -- French pie Etym: [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zoöl.), the European great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); -- called also wood pie. -- French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, cons…

sisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.

A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.]

Among Spanish Americans, a foreigner, esp. an Englishman or American; -- often used as a term of reproach.

r, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See…

A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

tween the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.

An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred mischief." Milton. Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.

Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope.

A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of tradin…

A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total period of the six Hyksos kings was…

ree other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, f…

from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.

That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient. Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. Atterbury.