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A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.

gres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. "Impudent fee-faw-fums." J. H. Newman.

power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded." 1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. Burrill.

A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.

A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] Spectator.

Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.

A trifle. [Low] Hudibras.

Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade. Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.

A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.

See Cinquefoil.

Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.

Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem.