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The orange filefish. See Filefish.

The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.

In a foolhardy manner.

Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.

Foolhardiness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] Holland.

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak.

In a foolish manner.

The quality of being foolish.

A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.

of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.

Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]

nergy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.

A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.

A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.

Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. Arbuthnot.