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Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity. Bp. Fleetwood. "Evidential tracks." Earle.. -- Ev`i*den"tial*ly, adv.

To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden.

Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford.

Well-disposed. "A fair-natured prince." Ford.

Credibility or truth. [R.] The faith of the foregoing narrative. Mitford. Act of faith. See Auto-da-fé. -- Breach of faith, Confession of faith, etc. See under Breach, Confession, etc. -- Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. -- In good faith, with perfect…

pairs in man. -- False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss. -- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False scorpion (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. -- False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and fill…

A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]

ing straight teeth) in front of the doffer. -- Fancy stocks, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. -- Fancy store, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. -- Fancy woods, the more rare…

To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. Feeding bottle. See under Bottle.

Affording defense; defensive. [Obs.] Congreve.

Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense. [Obs.] No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong. Spenser.

To talk nonsense. [Colloq.] Ford.

sticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. Afforded a clear field for moral experiments. Macaulay.

A freak; trick; quirk. [Obs.] Ford.

A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight.

different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in g…

t, but hurt not. Shak. socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a word. Mitford.

1. Foliage; leafage. [Obs.] Shuckford.

A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] Todd.