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f mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon. The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. K. James. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak.

A frivolous or featherbrained person. [Colloq.] H. James.

To turn, as a screw. [Scot] Jamieson.

er bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood. -- Fever powder. Same as Jame's powder. -- Fever root (Bot.), an American herb of the genus Triosteum (T. perfoliatum); -- called also feverwort amd horse gentian. -- Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. Miner.

alsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically. They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. H. James.

To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Wright. Jamieson.

A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] Jamieson.

ed by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction. In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. Swift. Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person hav…

ertain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.

To bestow beforehand. [R.] King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson. Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.

flammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. James White.

. A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves.

Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin. Franklinic electricity, electricity produced by friction; called also statical electricity.

ny or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster. Euller.

weight or measure, in contradistinction from those which must be judged of individually. Jamieson.

A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of garlic. -- Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica (Cratæva gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

See Galloway. [Scot. garron or gerron. Jamieson.]

Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] Jamieson.