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ly, or a society; a company. The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. Chaucer. With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels. Spenser.

d practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing. Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. Milton. Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive. You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis.

Joyously; festively; mirthfully.

A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.

Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.

The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd.

A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. Shak.

ave for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. Old Proverb. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.

sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.

An enemy in war. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott

To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. Milton. Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. Keble. [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest prof…

One who forbears to enjoy.

ntry or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift.

A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.

One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.

of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.