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Show FI FI Frcrry adv [ from fickles Withou certainty or ftability D not now Of godlike majefty on bankrupt terms Lo raife a prefent pow'r that's fick/y hel By the frail tenure of the people's will FI'CO. . f. [Italian. An a& of contemp done with the fingers, exprefling « fig fo Having once recovered his fortrefs, he then give the fico to his adverfaries Carew ¥r'crive. adj. [f&ilis, Latin. Moulde into form ; manufattured by the potter Th cauf o fragility is a extended; and therefor ftone i impotenc mor to b fragi tha metal, and fo fiéZi/e earth is more fragil than crud earth Bacon's Natural Hiftory ¥r'criowN. u [, [féio, Lating fition, Fr. 1. The act of feigning or inventing If the prefence of God in the image, by a mer Jeékon of the mind, be a fufficient ground to worfhi that image, is not God's real prefence in every creature a far better ground to worthip it? Stilling fleet Fiction is of the effence of poetry, as well as o paintin : there is a refemblance in one of huma bodies, things, and attions, whic are not real ; an in the other of a true ftory by a fijon 2. The thing feigned or invented Dryden If through mine ears pierce any confolations By wife difcourfe, fweet tunes, or poets f&ions If ought I ceafe thefe hideous exclamations While that my foul, fhe lives in affliGions. Sidney So alfo was the fic%ion of thofe golden apple kept by a dragon, taken from the ferpent, whic tempted Evah Raleigh 3.: A falfehood; a lye ¥i'criovus. adj. [ fiétus, Latin. imaginary invented FiQitious A wor coine by Prior reftrains And ftudied lines and f&ious circles draws FICTI'TIOUS ad; Prior [ fidtitius, Latin. 1. Counterfeit ; falfe; not genuine Draw him ftrictly fo That all who view the piece may kno He needs no trappings of fiétitions fame 2. Feigned imaginary Dryden The buman perfons are as fi&itious as the air ones; and Belinda refembles you in nothing but i beauty Pope 3. No b real not true allegorical ; mad prg/opa])a'ia Milton, fenfible of this defe& in the fubjeét of hi poem, brought into it two chara@er and fiéitions nature in the perfons o by which means he has interwoven i beautiful allegory Ficri'riousiy adv Falfely; counterfeitly of a fhadow fin and death hisfable a ver Addif. Speét [ from filtitious. Thefe picces are_fiéitionfly fet down, and have n copy in nature Brown's Vulgar Errours ¥ipo. n f. [ fitta, Ttalian.] A pointed iro with which feamen untwift their cords Skinner FI'DDLE # [rwele, Saxon; wedel Dutch; fidel, German; fidicula, Latin full, Exfe. A ftringe trifle to fhift the hand ope often, an a fiddle A cunning fellow obferved, that old Lewis ha ftole away part of the map, and faw him fidd/in and turning the map together trying to join the two picce Arbuthnot Good cooks cannot abide what they juftly call f#ddling work, where abundance of time is fpent, an little done Fr'poLerappre. # / Sawift [A cant word, frifless She faid that her grandfather had a horfe fhot a Edgehill, and their uncle was at the fiege of Buda with abundance of fidd/efaddle of the fame nature Fi'ppLErADDLE. trouble adj or makin thing Spectator Trifling ; givin a buftl abou no She was a troublefome fidd/efaddle old woman and fo ceremonious that there was no bearing of her Arbuthnot Fi'ppLER. 7. /. [from fiddle.] A muficia one that plays upon the fiddle Let no fawcy fiddler prefume to intrude Unlefs he is fent for to vary our blifs Ben Fonfon Nero put the fiddlers to death, for being mor fkilful in the trade than he was Taylor Thefe will appear fuch chits in ftory *Twill turn all politicks to jefts To be repeated like John Dory When fidd/ers fing at feafts When mifs delights in her fpinnet A fiddler may a fortune get Dryden Swift Fi'oprestick. o /. [ fiddle and ffick.] Th bow and hair which a fiddler draws ove the ftrings of a fiddle His grifly beard was long and thick With which he ftrung his_fidd/eftick With fancy'd rules and arbitrary law Matter and motion ma Teach kings to fiddle, and make fenates dance do nothing, like a fellow that plays upo Southersn o Others impott yet nobler arts from France 2. T clean.sh data import.tsv out README Like a young waftefu] heir, mortgage the hope FI { 2. Not to be doubted Hudibras Fi'boresTtrING. 7. /. [fddle and firing. The ftring of a fiddle ; that which make the noife A fiddleftring, moiftened' with water, will fink note in a little time, and confequently muft be relaxed or lengthened one fixteenth Arbuthnot Fi'veviry. u /. [ fdelitas French. 1. Honefty;. veracity Latin; fdelisé "The church, by her publick reading of the book o God, preached only as a witnefs; now the principa thing required in a witnefs is fdelity Hooker 2. Faithful adherence They miftake credulity for fdelity Clarke To Fipce v. #. [A cant word.] T 7o Fi'pGET move nimbly and irregularly. It implies in Scotland agitation Tim, thou'rt the Punch to ftir up trouble You wriggle, fidge, and make a rout Put all your brother puppets out Swift Fivv'ciav adj. [fducia, Latin, dent; undoubting Fait Confi is cordial, and fuch as God will a%ccpt of when it affords fiducial reliance on the promifes and obediential fubmiffion to the commands Hammond's Pract. Catech Fipv'crary n. [ fduciarius, Latin, Elaiana can rely no where upof tere love an Jfiduciary obedience, unlefs at her own home, wher the is exemplarily loyal to herfelf in a high exa obedience Howel FIEF #. /. [ fef, French.] A fee; a manor a poffeflion held by fome tenure of a fu periour To the next realm fhe ftretch'd her fwvay For painture near adjoining lay A plenteous province and alluring prey A chamber of dependencies was fram'd And the whole fief; in right of poetry, fhe claim'd Dryden As they were honoured by great privileges, fo thei lands were in. th nature of fiefs fo whic th pofleflors were obliged to do perfonal fervice at fea Arbuthnot on Coins FieLp 7 /. [relo, Saxon ; fe/d, German - weld, Dutch 1. Ground not inhabited ; not built on Live with me, and be my love And we will all the pleafure prove That hills and vallies, dale and fe/d And all the craggy mountains yield Raleigh By the civil law the corpfe of perfons deceale were buried out of the city in the fields Aylife 2. Ground not enclofed Field lands are not exempted from mildews, no yet from {mut, where it is more than in inclofe lands Mortimer 3. Cultivated tra& of ground Or great Ofiris, who firft taught the fvai In Pharian fe/ds to fow the golden grain Pope 4. 'The open country: oppofed to houfe o quarters Since his majefty went into the fe/d I have feen her rife from herbed 5+ The ground of battle Shakefp. Mach When a man is in the ffe/d, a moderate fkill i fencing rather expofes him to the fword of his enemy than fecures him from it Locke 6. A battle; a campaign ; the ation of a army while it keeps the field You maintain feveral factions And whillt a fie/d fhould be difpatch'd and fought You are difputing of your generals Shakefp What though the fe/d be loft, All is not loft Milron's Paradife Loff 7. A wide expanfe The god a clearer fpace for heav'n defign'd Where fe/ds of light and Jiquid ether flow Purg'd from the pond'rous dregs of earth below Dryden Afk of yonder argent fie/ds above Why Jove's fatellites are lefs than Jove Pope 8. Space ; compafs ; extent "The ill-natured man gives himfelfa large fe/d t expatiate in: he expofes failings in human nature Addifon's Sgeétator I fhould enter upon a feld too wide, and to much beaten, if I (hould difplay all the advantage of peace " Smalridge Who can this fe/d of miracles furvey And not with Galen all in rapture fay Behold a God, adore him and obey 9. The ground or blan figures are drawn Blackmore fpace on whic Let the fie/d or ground of the picture be clean light, and well united with colour : i.Dr-yahw 1o. [In heraldry.] ‘The furface of a fhield 1. One who holds any thing in truft mufick ; a violin Fr'eL ep adj [fro feld. Bein i fiel 2 On wh dep nd o fait wit ou In trials of mufical fkill the judges did not crow o battle works the fidd/e, but the performer Stilling fleet inftrumen o T he adventure of the bear and fiddle Is fung; but breaks off' in the middle Hudibras She tried the fiddle all over, by drawing the bo over ever part of the ftrings but could not, for he heart, find whereabout the tune lay 9o ¥i'ppLE, v, [from the noun. Addifon 1. To play upon a fiddle Themiftocles being defired at a feaft to touch lute, he faid he could not fidd/e, but he could mak a $mall town a great city Bacon's Effays The fecond obftructive is that of the Aduciary that faith is the only inftrument of his juftification and excludes good works from contributing any thin toward it Hammond Fipv'ciary. adj. 1. Confident; fteady undoubting touched with doubt un ‘That faith, which is required of us, is then perfect, when it produces in us a_fidweiary affent t whatever the Gofpel has revealed Hake Now, Mars, I pr'ythee, make us quick in work That we with fmoking fwords may march fro hence To help our fe/ded friends Frevp-sasiv a. f plant Shakefpeare's Coriol [feld and bafil.] FY'erpBED 2. /. [ field and bed.] A bed contrived to be fet up eafily in the field Romeo, good night I'll to my truckl This fleddbed is too cold for me to {leep bed Shakefp FIELDFARE |
