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Show F A Her heart failed her, and fhe would fain have | FArn. odw. [fl-om the ndjea‘ive.] Gladly «compounded for her life L Effrange very defiroufly ; according to earnel He prefumes upon his parts that they will not fai wifhes him at time of need, and fo thinks it {fuperfluou labour to make any provifion beforchand Locke Now I would give a thoufand furlongs of fea fo an acre of barren ground: [ would faiz die a dr 2. Not to affift; to negled; to omit to help death Since nature fiiils us in no needful thing Why want'l means my inward felf to fee 3. To omit Why would'ft thou urge me to confefs a flam Dawies T long have ftifled, and would faziz conceal. Addifon not to perform Fain woul The inventive God who never fai/s his part Drydeit To'be wanting to la Y 1 Kings 2. Omiflion unfuccefsfulnefs T Of any point in't fhall not only b He will without fzi/ drive out from before you th Fof. il 1 Canaanites How grounded he his title to the crow Shakefp. Henry VIIL but zealous for defert Pope Even good men have many temptations to fubd.ue many conflicts with thofe enemies which war againf lapfes to lamen Rogers an been an univerfal failure an He that being fubject to an apoplexy, ufed ftill t carry his remedy about him; but upon a time fhifting his clofhes, and not taking that with him chanced upon that very day to be furprifed with deat to a mer accident . A lapfes a flight fault BIN adj. [peazn 1. Slad merry cheerful I¢ined in Scotland in this fenfe [This fig nification {eems to have arifen fron th miftake ot the original fignification i fome ambigious expreffions; as, T fain to do this, yould equally fuit with th reft of the fenteace, whether it was underftood to mean 7 quas compelled, or was glad to do it Jor fear of aworfe Thu the primary meaning feems to have bee early loft. Every weight to fhroud it did conftrain And this fair couple cke to throud themfelves wer Sain Whofoever will hear ever will fiudy to know Y was fai God ‘whofo fhall be alfo fuiz to believe to forfwear it; they would elfe hav Shakefp Hildebrand had accurfed Henry 1V. ther were noue fo hardy as to defend their lord; wherefore he was fain to humble himfelf before Hilde brand The learne Raleigh's Effays Caftalio was fain to make trencher ‘at Bafles to keep himfelf from ftarving Th defect not alive which hindere the faint profecution of th of the civil government war the conqueft, wer and the loofene( Dawies on Ireland Faintrea'RTED. adj. [ faint and beart. Cowardly; timorous; dejected; eafil deprefled Fear not, neither be fainthearted 1. vii. 4 They fhould refolve the next day, as victoriou conquerors, to take the city, orelfe there, as fuintbearted cowards to end their days K/;oljg; O'crthrown and fcatter'd round about Chac'd by the horrour of their fear . From bloody fray of knight and bear Took heart again and fac'd about As if they meant to ftand it out Villain, ftand off! bafe, groveling wretches Hudibrac worthlef Mongrelsinfation: poot fainthearted traitors. Add f Farntaea'RTEDLY. adv. [from fainthear: ed.] Timoroufly; in a cowardly manner FAINTHEA'RTEDNESS. 7. / [from faintkearted.] Cowardice; timoroufnefs; wan of courage Faliwrive. #. /. [from faint.] Deliquium temporary lofs of animal motion Thefe faintings her phyficians fufpe to procee from contufions Wifeman's Surgery adj [ fane In intemperat heat or compief Milton Shakefpeare's Henry VIIT French. Temyle fluggifh Words pronounced at length, founded fzint an languid Savift not vivid not ftriking The blue compared with thefe is a fzizt and dar colour, and the indigo and violet aremuch darkeran Sainter Neawton The length of the image I meafured from th Sainteft and utmoft red at one end, to the fainre and utmoft blue at the other end, excepting only ‘ittle penumbra Newton's Opticks From her naked limbs of glowing white In61ds loofe floating fell the fainter lawn. Thomfon 3+ Mot loud not piercing _Th pump after this being employed from time t time, fe found grew fuinter and fainter Boyle 4- Feebl of body Two Nhbouringthepherd faizt with thirft, fio- at the combyy boundary of their grounds. Ramébler 5 Cowardly ardent timorous; not vigorous; no Faint heart neey won fair lady Prov. in Camden's Rem Our faint Egyptins pray for Antony But in their fervile hy,; they own O&avius, Dryd Locke. | 6. Dejected; depreind Fa'inrriNe. ad). [from fazine.] Timorous feebleminded. A burlefque or low word There's no having patience, thou art fuch a faintling filly creature. Arbuthnot's Hiftory of Fobn Ball Fa'iNTLY. adv. [from faint. 1. Feebly; languidly Love's like a torch which, if fecur'd from blafts Wil faintly burn; but then it longer lafts "The blaze grows greater, bui 'tis fooner out., Walfb climates, the fpirits, exhaled b by cold, are rendered Jaint an 2. Not bright ence proceeds the fenfation of Saintifbnef and debility, in a hot day Arbutbnot on Air Expos'd to ftorms of jealoufy and doubt Faint. v. a. To dejedt; to deprefs to enfeeble. A word little in ufe It faints m To think whatfollows Hooker married me to the rotten medlar Whe 7 Spenfer he hall fin i 1. Languic d; weak; fee { le Z MY ‘ps will be fain when I fing unto thee, an fowill m_ fou] whom (hou haft delivered. P/ali, Ixxi 2. Force.d._ obliged; compelled to fin if the fuccefs follow not fpeedil Left they fain At the fad fentence rigoroufly urg'd All terror hide Fairy Q her face fhe often viewed fain ftrong, an Faint A4 in her hand fhe held a mirrour bright Whery funéions 4. To fink into dejeGion Itis ftil fond anima Paths indire®, orin the midway faint Milton How while the fainting Dutch remotely fire And thefam'd Eugene's iron troops retire Swith Saxon. th Enter'd fo fair, fhould turn afide to trea to South little inadvertency and failure of memory French. will fzint andlofe ftrength. Bacon's Natural Hiftory O pity and fhame, that they who to live well 2. Omiffion; non-performance; flip hi [ faner They will ftand in their order, and never fzint i their watches Lcclef. xliii. 10 The imagination cannot be always alike, conftan Whaoodward he owe @. n 7. Not vigorous Heb. xii. 3 EalinTisuness, 7 /. [from fzint.| Weak ncfs ina flight degree; incipient debility 3. 'To grow feeble; to decline in force o c r a d gree of heat lengthens and relaxes th courage fibres; w want of {prings and rivers all the fummer feafon fit FAINT minds Now the late fainthearted rou Upon hearing the honour intended her, the fizze away, and fell down as dead Guardian Far'vure. n f. [from fail. clean.sh data import.tsv out README 7. Deficience; ceflation muft hav T We areready to faizt with fatting. 1 Mae. Hii. 17 Digby Ther noun. Their young children were out of heart, an their women and young men jfainted for thirft an fell down Fudith the exprefiions there muft often be great obfcurities the foul, and many failings an and recover th motionlefs and fenfelefs even i "The cleareft head and the fincereft heart [fro to defire fondly 2. To lof Faiwive, n. f. [from fail.] Deficiency imperfe@tion; fault not atrocious; lapfe To failings mild Gilded ‘clouds, while we gaze upon them, fain before the eye, and decay into confufion LPope The fhow'ry arc Delights and puzzles the beholders eyes That views the wat'ry brede with thoufand fhew Of painture vary'd; yet unfkill'dito tel Or where one colour rifes, or where one fzints. Philips Death to thyfelf, but to thy lewd tongu'd wife. Shak Befides what failings may be in a matter @ 1. Todecay; to wear or wafte away quickly Mark and perform it, feeft thou? for the fui Upon our fail Fain Fairer than faireft, in his fiining eye Whofe fole afpect he counts felicity. Spenfer on Love non-performance 3. Deficience; want 4. Death; extin&ion rights and privileges upon the fam Swift wifh Farv. » /. [from the verb. mifs all men' level There fhall not fizi/ thee a man on the throne 1. Mifcarriage I Raphael's godlike art rehearfe And fhow th' immoytal labours in my verfe. Addiforn The plebeians would fziz have a law enatted t Infpires the wit when once he warms the heart 4 Shakefpeare Confider him that endureth fuch contradi®io againft himfelf, left ye be wearied and fains in you 2. Not in bright colours Nature affords at leaft a glimm'ring light The lines, tho' touch'd but faiztly, are drawn right Pope 3. Without force of reprefentation I have told you what I have feen and-heard bu Jaintly; nothing like the image and horrour of it Shakefp. King Lear An obfcure and confufed idea reprefents the objeé {o faintly, that it doth netappear plain to the mind Watts 4. Without ftrength of body With his lol'd tongue he fuintly licks his prey His warm breath blows her fiix up as fhe lies. Dryd 5. Not vigoroufly not altively Though ftill the famifh'd Englifh, like pale ghofts Faintly befiege us one hour in a month 6. Timoroufly wit dejeGion Shakefp withou {pirit Loth was the ape, though praifed, to adventure Yet faintly *gan into his work to enter, Hub, Tale He faintly now declines the fatal ftrife So much his loye was dearer than his life. Denbain Fa'intness 1. Languor 7 / [from faint. feeblenefs want of ftrength If the prince of the lights of heaven, which no as a giant doth run his unwearied courfes, fhoul through alanguifhing faintnefsbegin toftand. Hooker This proceeded not from any violence of pain, bu from a general languithing and faininefs of fpirits which made him think nothing worth the trouble one careful thought Temple 2. Ina@livity; want of vigour "This evil proceed rather of the unfoundnefs, o the counfels, or of faintnefs in following and effefi |