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Show So feat, fo nurle-like ~Shakefpeare's Cymbeline Dark'ning the fky, they hover o'er, and fhrou 2. It is now eonly ufed in irony and conThat feat man at controverfy Look how well my garments fit upon me Much feater than before. Shakefpeare's Tempef? ¥e'ateous adj [fro dexterous. Obfolete Fe'arrousLy ado Neatly ; dextroufly And feather'd people croud my wealthy fide Stilling fleet 3. Nice ; neat The wanton failors ‘with a_feather'd cloud. Prior Then fhips of uncouth form fhall ftem the tide tcmpt jfiaz. [fro Neat Not in ufe FE'ATHER. #. /. [feBen, Saxon; feder German. 1. 'The plume of birds many other feathered creatures, feveral little winge boys perch upon the middle arches The foreft wafted, and that lofty tre Which holds her neft, about to be o'erthrown Before the feathers of her young are grown She will not leave them, nor fhe cannot ftay But bears them boldly on her wings away. /#aller When 2 man in the dark preffes either corner o his eye with his finger, and turns his eye away fro his finger, he will fee a circl of colours like thof in the feathers of a peacock's tail Neawton I am bright as an angel, and light as a_feather Swift A frizzling of hair, which, in fome places rifes above the lying hair, and ther makes a figure refembling the tip o an ear of corn Farrier's Dict To Fe'atusr. v. «. [from the noun. 3, To drefs in feathers 4. To fit with feathers 3. To tread as a cock 5. 9o Featus owe's N [Alluding t birds which colle@ feathers, amon materials, for making their neft. get riches together othe T Fe'ATHER-GRASS. 7. /i [gramen pulmofum. An herb Fe'arnerLEss. adj. [from feather.] Without feathers The accretion or pluvious aggelation of hail abou the mother and fundamental atoms thereof, feem to be fome featherly particle of fnow, although fno Brown itfelf be fexangular Fr/ATHERSELLER. 7. /. [ feather and feller.] One who fells feathers for beds Fr'aTHERY. adf. [from feather.] Cloathe with feathers Neatly 1 faw young Harry with his beaves on His cuifles on his thighs, gallantly arm'd Rife from the ground like feather'd Mercury Shakefpeare Henry 1V So when the new-born phenix firft is feen ¥er feather'd fubjets all adore their queen Dryden Fe'srvuary Report the feature of O&avia her years Shakefpeare 2. Any lineament or fingle part of the face Though ye be the faireft of God's creatures Yet think that death fhall fpoil your goodly fearures Spenfer We may compare the face of a great man with th character, and try if we can find out in his look and features th haughty cruel or unmercifu temper that difcovers itfclf in the hiftory Addifon on Medals Though various feazures did the fitters grace A fifter's likenefs was in every face. Addifon's Ovid 7 Fe'aTture countenance o, @ T refembl i to favour He liv'd in court mott prais'd, moft lov'd A fample to the young'ft ; to th' more mature A glafs that featur'd them Shakefpeare 7o Feaz w. a. [ faifex, French. 1. To untwift the end of a rope, and reduce it again to its firft ftamina 2o 'To beat ; to whip with rods, Linfworth and tumified by the fedrile for n T'he nam Harvey [Februarius Latin. of the fecond month in th r year You have fuch a February fac So full of froft, of ftorm, and cloudinefs Shakefpeare Felcrs. . [. [ faces, Latin; feces, French. 1 Dregs lees fediments fubfidence Hence the furface of the ground with mu And flime befmear'd, the feces of the floo Receiv'd the rays of heav'n ; and fucking i The feeds of heat, new creatures did begin Dryder 2. Excrement The fymptoms of fuch a conflitution are 2 fou {mell in their fecés ¥e/ uLE CE Fi e Arbutbnot on Alimenis #He / [fzz'admz‘m, Latm. 1. Muddinefs ; quality of abounding wit lees or fediment 2. Lees; feces; fediment dregs Pour upon it fome very firong lee, to facilitate th Boyle feparation of its feculencies Whether the wilding's fibres are contriv' To draw th' earth's pureft fpirit, and refif Yts feculence, which in more porous fteck Ot cyder plants finds paffage free Philips FelcvrLenT, adj. [ feculenins, Lat. feculewt, French. Foul; dreggy; excre mentitious But both his hands, moit filthy Jfeculenz Above the water were on high extent And fain'd to waih themfelves inceflantly Yet nothing eleaner were for fuch intent That featly footing feem'd to fkim the ground FelaTness, # [ [from fear.] Neatuefs nicety; dexterity Fe'aTure. m [ [ faiture, old French. 1. The caft or make of the face and turgi mentation, or by phlebotomy relieved He faw a t;uire of ladies in a round whiking them about Fe'aTrnsrep. adj. [from feather. 1. Clothed with feathers frar. Foot it _featly here and there And fweet fprites and burthen bear. Shakefp. Tempef The moon was up, and fhot a gleamy light Fe'arurroriver 7z [ [ foather an drive. One who cleanfes feathers b Derbam blood Or whiftle from the lodge, or village coe Count the night-watches to his feathery dames Milton Felarry. ado [fro nimbly ; dextroufly had a moft furprifing goo . Arbuthnor from a fever The fpirits, embroiled with the malignity in th bird, which went about to beg plumes of othe birds to cover his nakednefs Howel's Vocal Foreft Fe'aTuerLYadj . [from feather.] Refembling feather draught Feerivs. adj. [ febrilis, Latin; febril Fr. Conttitating a fever; proceedin This fo high grown ivy was like that featherlef Donne fine duft or down of feathers Moxon Floyer on the Humoyrs edj. Having the power t cure fevers Mortimer's Hufbandry The hufband cock looks out, and ftrait is fped And meets his wife, which brings her featherbed with th Febrifug _'efl'e& Fe'aTHeRFEW. 7 /. A plant both fingl and double: it is increafed by feeds o flips, and alfo by dividing the roots : i flowereth moft part of the Summer Fe'atupreen. 7. /o [ feather and 8:d. A bed ftuffed with feathers ; a foft bed A featherdriver had the refidue of his lungs fille _alfo the bekt febrifuges Boards or planks that have one edge thinner tha Drydern bacon's Henry VI Bitters, like choler, are the beft fanguifiers, an 7. / The cover muft be made of featheredged boards in' the nature of feveral doors with hinges fixe thereon Mortimer Dryden They Rtuck not to fay, that the king cared not t plume his nobility and people, to fearber himfelf To ,be in a fever. Diz Fesri'cuLost. adj. [ febriculyfus, Latin. Troubled with a fever Dig Feprirv'cus.[ [ febris and fugo, Latin Jebrifuge, French. Any medicine fer viceable in a fever Quiney Fepriru'ce Fe'aTuEREDGED. adj. [ feather and edge. Belonging to a feather edge Dame Partlet was the fovereign of his heart Ardent in love, outrageous in his play He jfeather'd her 2 hundred times a-day to adorn; to exalt L' Eftrange another, are called featheredge fuff Shakfp 3. An ornament; an empty title 4. [Upon a horie. A fort of natura from her own wing 7o Fesri'ciTaTe. @, , [ febricitop, Latin Not the bow they bend, nor boaft the fkil To give the feathered arrow wings to kill. Pope Fe'aATHEREDGE Sbakefpeare's Henry V1 1am not of that feather to fhake of My friend, when he moft needs me eagle had the ill hap to be ftruck with a arrow, feather' 4. Kind; nature ; {g)ecies: from the proverbial expreflion, birds of a_feather; tha is, of a fpecies Clifford and the haught Northumberland And of their feather many more proud birds Have wrought the eafy-melting king like wax Addifon z. Fitted with feathers; carrying feathers Look, as I blow this feather from my face Shake[peare's Henry. V1 The brave eagle does with forrow fe Pope Vulture's, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, amon feateaus. And with fine fingers cropt full featon/l The tender ftalks on high Spenfer 4. To enrich FE FE FE Fairy Queen They are to the body as the light of a candle the grofs and feculent fouff, which as it is not pen up in it, fo neither doth it partake of its impurity Glanv. Apology FE'CUND adj French. cond [ facundus Latin fe Fraitful; prolifick The more fickly the years are, the lefs fecund o Grr.:zm( fruitful of children alfo they be Latin. Frecuwnpalrion, #. fi [ faecunds The a& of making fruitful or prolifick She requefted thefe plants as a medicine of fecu ‘B'rc-uw dation, or to raake her fruitful 7o Frcu/npiry. @. 2. To make fruitful Di& to make prolifick 5 fecond . /i [from fec ndté Fecu'spiry ¥rench. Fruitfulnefs; quality of producing or bringing fort in great abundance I appeal to the animal and vegetable production of the earth the valt number whereof noton'lpufl teftify the extreme luxuriance and fecundity of it Woodeard 2. Power of producing or bringing forth Som o th ancient mentio fom feeds tha retain their fecundity forty years; and I have foun that melon-feeds raifing of melons after thirty ysars, are beft fo 2% Go |