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Show FO Com fort ; fapport Di& FO'CUS. n. /. [Latin. 1. [In opticks.] The focus of a glafs i the point of convergence or concourfe where the rays meet and crdfs the axi after their refracion by the glafs The point from which rays diverge, or to whic they converge, may be called their focws axis within th figure Neawton's Optics A point in th an diftant fro the vertex by a fourth part of the paraHarris or latus reftum meter 3. Yocus of an Ellipfis. A point toward each end of the longer axis; from whenc two right lines being drawn to any poin in the circumference fhall be togethe Harris equal to that longer ax's 4. Yocus of the Hyberbola. A point i the principal axis, within the oppofit hyperbolas ; from which if any two righ meeting in either of th lines are drawn oppofite hyberbolas, the difference will b Did equal to the principal axis FO'DDER. #. /. [nodne, yoden, Saxon. up for cattle againi Dry food ftore Winter Their cattle, ftarving for want of jfodder, corKnolles's Hiftory of the Turks supted the air Being not to be raifed without wintering, the will help to force men into improyement of land by - Temple neceflity of fudder Of grafs and fodder thou defraud'ft the dams And of their mothers dugs the ftarving lambs Dryd. Virgil T 90 Fo'pper. @. a. [from the noun. feed with dry food Natural earth is taken from juft under the turf o the belt pafture ground, in a place that has been wel foddered on " Evelyn From Winter keep Well fodder'd in the ftalls, thy tender theep Dryd. Virgil A farm of fifty pound hath commonly thre barns, with as many cowyards to fodder cattl Moytimer's Hufbandry i Straw will do well enough to fodder with Maortimer H [from fodder. ¥o'bperER. . f who fodders cattle ¥OE. #. /. [fah, Saxon ; fae, Scottifh. 1. An enemy in war Ere he had eftablithed his throne He fought great batties with his favage foe In which he them defeated ever move. Llairy Queen Never but one more was either lik To meet fo great a_foe Milton 2. A perfecutor ; an enem life in commo God's benifon go with you, and with thof That would make good of bad, and friends of jfoes Fortc'd by thy worth Shakefpeare thy foe in death become ‘Thy friend has lodg'd thee in a coftly tomb Dryden's Fab Thy defets to know Make ufe of ev'ry friend, and ev'ry foe 3. An opponent H an illwifher Pope that confiders and enquires into the reafon o things, is counted a _fve to received do&rines Fo'eman n / [fro Watts on the Mind fe ‘nemy in war ; antagonift word an man. An obfolet Have we mow'd down in top of, all their pride Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Who meet with various objets 'The child in th FO'ETUS. n. /. [Latin. womb after it is perfeétly formed : bu Quincy before, it is called embrio Approve the beft, and follow what I approve ilton clean.sh data import.tsv out README Strange, that your fingers fhould the pencil foil A feetus,in the mother's womb, differs not muc Without the help of colours or of oil Waller He had been foiled in the cure, and had left it t nature Wifeman's Surgery Locke from the ftate of a vegetable FOG. n. fo [fig. Danifh, a ftorm.] A thick mift; a moift denfe vapour nea the furface of the land or water In their confli@ts with fin they have been f often foiled, that they now defpair of ever gettin the day You fenfuck'd fogs drawn by the pow'rful fun Shakefpeare which covere thof But I, the confort of the thunderer Have wag'd a long and unfuccefsful war With various arts and arms in vain have teil'd Greece with fo long darknels, prefent great alteraRaleigh tions in the fun and moon Fly, fly, prophane fogs! far hence fly away Taint not the pure ftreams of the fpringing da With your dull influence: it is for yo To fit and fcoule upon night's heavy brow And by a mortal manat length am foi°dy . Dryden When light-wing'd toy Of feather'd Cupid v/, with wanton dulnefs My fpeculative and offic'd inftruments Shake/p Crafhaw 3. To-defeat Woodward odd creatures in both fexes, that they foil the fcen of one another, and puzzle the chace Addifon Forr. #. /. [from the verb. 1 1. Mifty dank cloudy full of moif Sidney Abou weathe Browon an fair Fou [fr(_um }:nh interjed b As fhe a black filk cap on him begu To fet for foil of his milk-white to ferve Saxon, an ene An interjetion of abhorrence my. as if one fhould at fight of any thin hated cry out @ foe Whereto we fee in all things nature tends Fub ! one may fmell in fuch a will moit rank ». / [French. Sbal'(:/}; A weak fide a failing a blind fide Friend He knew the foibles of human nature The witty men fometimes have fenfe enough t know their own foible, and therefore they craftil War's Logick thun the attacks of argument 7o FOIL « French. a [affler to wound 1. To put to the worft; to defeat without a complete viétory Amazement feiz' The rebel thrones; but greater rage to fe Thus foil'd their mightieft Milton Southern Dryden ol thoug My reformation glittering o'er my fault Shall fhew more goodly, and attract more eyes Shake/p Than that which hath no foil to fet itof The fullen paffage of thy weary ftep Efteem a jfvi/, wherein thou art to fe Shakefpeare The precious jewel of thy home *Tis the property of all true diamonds to unit the fui/ clofely to itfelfy and thereby better augmen its luftre : the fui/ is a mixture of maftich and burn Greww's Mujeeunt 1vory He&@or has a foil to fet him off: we oppofe th incontinence of Paris to the temperance of Hetor Broome on the Ody[fey 4. [From fouiller, French. ufed in fencing A blunt fwor He that plays the king fhall be welcome; hi majefty fhall have tribute of me : the adyenturou Shakefpeare knight thall ufe his foi/ and target Fo'tLer, n /i [from foil.] One who ha gained advantage over another 7o FOIN Milton Sidncy Like bright metal on a fullen ground Not to affe@ many propofed matche Of ber own clime, complexion and degree FOI'BLE an . Something of another colour near whic jewels are fet to raife their luftre dull Foul difproportions, thoughts unnatural the fall: if he be endangered © Milton no means foggy, retire your rareft plants Ewvelyn's Kalendar 2. Cloudy in underflanding to giv fhall be ac Which cunningly was without mortar laid Whofe walls were high, but nothing ftrong nor thick F. L And golden foi/ all over them difplay'd Fame ia no plant that grows on mortal {oil Nor in the gliftering foi Set off to th? world, nor in broad rumour lies to any jfoggy noilome th heel do touch the ground contrar A ftately palace, built of fquared brick fens or marfhes near adjoinig Watton's Architecture Michaelmas Whofoever overthroweth his mate in fuch -fort as that either his back, or the one fhoulder, an 2. [Feuille, French,] Leaf; gilding aa Doth by degrees beginne to fhew his light nefs, fro Shak One fudden foi/ fhall never breed diftruft Death never won a ftake with greater toil Nor e'er was fate fo near a_foil As cleere Phaebus, when fome f52¢v clou His brightnefle from the world a while doth {hrowd Let not air be fubje& tage gained without a complete conqueft When age fhall level me to impotence And {weating pleafure leave me on the f2// And Phebus flying fo, moft fhameful fight His blufhing face in foggy cloud implys Spenfer And hides for fhame Whence have they this mettle raw and dull an advan mifcarriage Renewing frefh aflaults, amidft his pride Fell whence he ftood to fee his victor fall Of our felf-love, fo paflions do deceive Is not their climate_foggy make a natrow efcape, it is call'd a foile ~ Carew ' So after many a foi/ the temper proud Alas ! while we are wrapt in foggy mif We think they hurt, when moft they do affift defeat counte Vapours We of thy cunning had no diffidence ftate of being dark or mifty; cloudinefs miftinefs [from fog. I am crofs' in my way by another, and put up fuch a variety o foreft. Scotice.) Aftergrafs; grafs whic grows in Autumn after the hay is mown Fo'ceiLy. edw. [from faggy.] Miftily darkly; cloudily 'Th z /. [from foggy. Fo'coiness adj to puzzle Whilft I am following one charatter Grame Foc. n j. [ fogagium, low Latin Lege in forefla regis locatur pro fogagio Folccy to dul "T'o blunt [Fouiller, French. 2 Fugs we frequently obferve after funfetting, eve in our hotteft months Calamy's Seymans Virtue, difdain, defpair, I oft have try'd And, foi/'d, have with new arms my foe defy'd Dryden Infect her beauty To fall and blaft her pride Leffer mifts and fogs tha from the fenf Varioufly reprefenting; yer {till free Focirra'tion. o /i [ focillo, Lat. Yet thefe fubje& not : I to thee difclof What inward thence [ fzel, not therefore foil'd' What valiant foeman, like to Autumn's corn Wifem Milton The fraGure was of both the foci/s of the left leg Pairy Queen And ever ready for your foeman fell Which but th' omnipotent none could have fi/7d "Therefore henceforth be at your keeping well e or elbow and wrift T.eader of thofe armies bright, " et or lefs bone between the knee and ankle Here haunts that fiend, and does his daily fpoil 'The greate Fo'civ. m /. [ focile, French, 2. Focus of @ Parabola FO Fo @. n [ foundre To pufh in fencing Fr Skinner. H hope |
