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To follow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish.

To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.] Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. Milton.

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.

One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.

and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

imp. of Find. Found. Chaucer.

eat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.

To endeavor; to strive; to try. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

One who fondles. Johnson.

The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle.

Foolishly. [Archaic] Verstegan (1673). Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. Shak.

The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. Spenser.

A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; -- said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.

A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.

A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. Ure.

pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser.