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Show EE FE This happy country s cxteemely fortiley a8 o ofe above, f ground likewyife ¢f its productions unde Weedward Fruit EFx'rrinences, w [ [from fernile fulnefs; fecundity Ferri/viTaTe v, a. [from fertile T fecundate to fertilize to make fruitful or produétive. Not in ufe A cock will in one day fertilitate the whole race mation or clufter of eggs not excluded in man weeks after . Brouwn Ferri/viry m /i [ fertilitas, Latin. cundity ; abundance teoufnefs fruitfulnefs Fe plen ‘The (oil's fertility from wholefome flowers Shake., Rich. 11 and fertility and thefe places had but a refemblance thereof Raleigh's Hiftory The quicknefs of the imagination is feen in th invention, the fertility in the fancy, and the accurac in the expreflion Dryden To inundations Egypt, through which the Nil flows tifity and the Indies owe their extraordinary ferand thofe mighty erops they produce afte thele waters are withdrawn Woodward To FerTiLl'zE. @. @, [fertilizer, French: To make fruitful; to make plenteous to make produétive; to fecundate Rain-water carries along with it a fort of terreftrial matter that ferzilises the land, as being proper for the formation of vegetables Woodward Fe'rTILY. adv. [from ferzile. plenteoufly Fruitfully plentifully; abundantly FE'RVENCY. 7. /. [ fervens, Latin 1, Heat of mind; ardour; eagernefs Your dive Did hang a fith on his hook, which h With fervency drew up Shakefpear 2, Piousardour flame of devotion zeal We have on all fides loft moft of our firlt fervenc Hooker towards God Dedication There muft be zeal and fervercy in him whic propofeth for-the reft thofe fuits and fupplications "which they by their joyful acclamations muft ratlify OVKEY When you pray, let it be with attention, wit fervency and with perfeverance Fe'rveNnT adj Wake [ferwens, Latin; fervent French.| 1. Hot; boiling "The fountain Bubbling wave did ever frefhly wad Ne ever would through ferves: Summer fade Spenfer From the phlegmatick humour, the proper alla of fervent blood, will flow a future quictude an Wotten ferenitude 2. Hot in temper; -vehement They that are more fervent to difpute, be notalHooker _ ways the moft able to determine 3. Ardent in piety; warm in zeal; flamin with devotion Aétsy xvill. 25 gently the things of the Lord So {pake the fervent angel ; but his zea None feconded, as outof feafon judg'd Milton's Paradife Lof? Or fingular and rafh Let all enquiries into the myfterious points o theology be carriedon with fervent petitions to God that he would difpofe their minds to diret all thei South {kill te the promotion of a good life Fe'RvENTLY. adv. [from fervent, 1. Eagerly ; vehemently They all that charge did fervently apply With greedy malice and importune toil, ~ Fairy 2 2. With pious ardours with holy zeal Epaphras faluteth you, labouring fervently for yo CGol. iv, 12 He cares nothow or what he fuffers, fo he fuffe oL, L vently, and acceptably FERVID. adj. [ fervidis, Latin, 1. Hot burning 2. Vchement Taylor boiling eager zealous Fervi'vrry. n /. [from fervid. 1. Heat 2. Zealy paflions ardour Dia Fe'rvioness, » /. [from fervid.] Ardou zealy paflion of mind As to the healing of Malchus's ear, in the ac count of the meek Lamb of God, it was a kind o fro FE'RULA. #. /. [ferule, French An inferula, giant fennel, Latin. ftrument of correétion with which youn {cholars are beaten on the hand: {o name becaufe anciently the ftalks of fernel wer ufed for this purpofe Thefe differ as much as the rod and feru/a Shaw's Gramm 7o Fe'ruLe ferula 1. Heat Wer chaftife with th [ ferver, Latin; ferveur / Fe'rvour French. T v warmth it an undeniabl truth that an effectua fervour proceeded from this ftar, yet would not th Brows fame determine the opinion Like bright Aurora, whofe refulgent ra Foretells the fervour of enfuing day And watns the fhepherd with his flocks retrea aller To leafy thadows, from the threatned heat Thefe filver drops, like morning dew Foretell the ferwour of the day So from one cloud foft thow'rs we view And blafting lightnings burft away 2. Heat of mind Pope zeal Odious it muft needs have been to abolifh tha whic all ha held for the fpace of many ages without reafon fo great as mightin the eyes of impartial men appear fufficient to clear them front al blame of rath proceedings, if in fervour of zea Hooker they had removed fuch things Haply defpair hath feiz'd her Or, wing'd with fervour of her love, fhe's flow Shakefpeare's Cyinb To her defir'd Pofthumus 3. Ardour of piety There will be at Loretto, in a few ages more jewels of the greateft value in Europe, if the devotion of its princes continues in its prefent fervour Addifon on Italy Fr'scve. » fo [wege, Dutch; foffu, Fr. A fmall wire by which thofe who teac to read point out the letters Teach him an alphabet upon his fingers, makin the points of his fingers of his left hand both o the infide to fignify fome letter, when any of them i pointed at by the fore-finger of the right hand, o Holder by any kind of fefcue Teach them how manly paffions ought to move For fuch as cannot think ca never love A kind of bafe grain Difdain not f¢/e/s or poor vech to fow Or care to make Egyptian lentils thrive Fesse. 7 /. [In heraldry. May band or girdle, poffeffing the third part of the efcut cheon over the middle: if there be above one, yo muft call them bars; if with the field there be od pieces, as feven or nine, then you muft name th field, and fay fo many bars; if even; as fix, eight or ten, you muft fay barwife, or barry of fix, eight or ten, as the king of Hungary bears argent an Peacham on Blazoning gules, barry of eight w. z fwelling corrupted to corrupt [feff in Bavarian, Faunius. to grow virulent Sidney Inward corruption and infeéted fin Not purg'd, not heal'd, behind remained ftll And feftering fore did rankle yet within. Fairy Q How fhould our f¢/fered fores be cured Hooker I have fome wounds upon me, and. they fmart To hear themfelves remember'd -Well might they feffer *gaintt ingratitude And tent themfelves with death Shakefp. Coriol Mind that their foul May make a peaceful and a fweetretir off thefe fields where wretches their poo bodie Shakefpeare's Henry V Mutt lie and fiffer. There was imagination, that between a knigh into fom had take the duk who degre goo of favour, and Felton, there had been ancient quarmigh rels not yet well healed, whic b perhap Jeftering in his breaft, and by a certain inflamma tion produce this effect Wotton Paffion and unkindnefs may give a wound tha fhall bleed and {mart it fzffer FE'STINATE Hafty but it is treachery that make South adj hutried [ flfii}zam: 'To rankle Latin, A word not in ufe Adyvife the duke, where jou are going, toa mof Jeftinate preparation? we are bound to the like Shakefp. King Lear Fe'stinaTELY. adv. [from fiftinate. Hattily; fpeedily; with fpeed. Not i ufe Take this key; give enlargement to the f{wain Shakefpeare and bring him feffinately hither Festiva'rion Hafte; hurry adj FESTIVAL [ feftinatio, Latin. # f Per [ feftivus, Latin. taining to feafts; joyous He appeared at great tables, and feffival entertainments, that he might manifeft his divine charit Atterbury to men Fe'stivavr. #». fi Time of feaft; anniver fary-day of civil or religious joy So tedious is this day As is the night before fome feffival To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them Shakefp. Rom. and Ful Th' invited fifters with their grzces blef Their feffivals Sandys The morning trumpets feffival proclaim' Through each high fireet Milton's Agoniffes Follow, ye nymphs and fhepherds all Come celebrate this_feffival And merrily fing and fport, and play *Tis Oriana's nuptial day Granville By facrifice of the tongues they purged away what ever they had {poken amifs during the feffival Broonte on the Ody[fey The feffival of our Lord's refurretion we hav cclebrated, and may now confider the chief confe quence of his refurreCtion a judgment to come Atterbury's Sermons Fe'stive. adj. [feftivus, Latin. gay; befitting a feaft Joyous The glad circle round them yield their foul To foffive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thonr = fi [ fiftivitas, Latin; fro feftive. 1. Feftival time of rejoicing The daughter of Jephtha came to be worfhippe The fz/fe is fo called of the Latin word faftia, 7o Fe'sTER fore which had deeply fi/fered withinme Festi'vity Point 'em with fefcues to each fhining part. Dryd Fe'seLs. 7. / I mlght; even in my lady's prefence, difcover th Fro And fince they needs will judge the poet's art This man being fervent in the {pirit, tanght dili in prayers welly and be the friend of .Chtit; nor where tio when he fuffers, fo he may do it frequently, fer injury done to him by the fervidnefs of St. Peter who knew not yet what {pirit he was of. ~ Benrley I will go root awa The noifome weeds, that without profit fucl Paradife itfelf exceeded in beaut FE as a deity, and had an annual feffiwity obferved unt her honour Brswn There happening a grea an folemn fefivity fuch as the fheep-fhearings ufed to be, David con defcends €0 beg of a rich man fome {mall repaft Sowh 2. Gaiety; joyfulnefs; temper or behaviou befitting a feaft T fome perfons there is no better inftrumen to caufe th remembrance tion to the article, tha and to endear the affec th Jeffivity and joy ofa holy-day recommendin Festo'oN, #. /. { feflon, French. it b Taylor An or nament of carved work in the form of § wreat |