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Show FO FON This 1a fond, becaufe it isthe way to cheat thyfelf Tillotfom 2. Trifling 5 valued by folly O ftones, whofe rate are either rich or poo Shakefp. Meay. Sfor Meaf 3. Foolifhly tender; injudicioufly. indulgent Addifo I'm a foolith fond wite Like Venus. LIl fhin Be fond and be fine Addifon 4. Pleafed in too great a degree ; foolifhl delighted : with of if we may believ s in itfelf a real good Fam Drydex € cero, who was perhaps too fond of it I, fond of my well-chofen feat Prior My pitures, medals, books complete Some are {o fond to know a great deal at once and love to talk of things with freedom and boldnef Aatts before they thoroughly underftand them T v, a. [from the noun. 9o Fonb treat with grea 95 Fo'NpLE gence; to carefs; to cocker Howe'er unjuft your jealoufy appear It does my pity, notmy anger move 'l fornd it as the froward child of love indul Dryden They are allowed to kifs the child at meetin and parting; but a profeflor, who always ftands by will not futfer them to ufe any fondling cxprcisfilons wWift lov with To be fond of; to bei to doat on How will this fadge > My mafter loves her dearly AndI, poormonfter, find as much on him And fhe, miftaken, feems to dote on me. Shake/p Fo'nNpLER . f [from fond. fondles ¥o/NDLING. 7. /. [from findle. One wh A perfo or thing much fondled or carefled; fomething regarded with great affection Partiality in a parent is commonly unlucky; fo Jondlings are in danger to be made fools, and th children that are leaft cockered make the beft an wifeft men L Eftrange The bent of our own minds may favour an that may thew it to be a fordlin Locke of our own Any body would have guefled mifs to have bee epinion or-attion bred up under a cruel ftepdame and Joh to be th fondling ofa tender mother. Arbuthnar's Joln Bull Bied a fondling and an heirefs Diefs'd like any lady may'refs Cocker'd by the fervants round Was too good to touch the ground Spenfer To covet fetters, though they golden be Swift Fo'npLY. adv. [from fond. 1. Koolifbly; weakly; impiadently; injudicioufly Moft fhallowly did you thefe arms commence Fondly brought here, and foolifhly fent hence, Shak Sorrow and grief of hear Makes him {peak fond/y, like a frantick man. Shak Ficinus fondly advifeth, for the prolongation o life, that a vein be opened in the arm of fome wholefome young man, and the blood to be fucked. Bacon The military moun The Britifh files tranfcend, in evils hou For their proud foes, that fondly bray'd their fate Philips Some valuing thofe of their own fide or mind Still make themfelves the meafure of mankind Fondly we think we merit honour then Pope When we but praife ourfelves in other men Under thofe facred leaves, fecur ¥rom common lightning of the fkies He fondly thought he might endur Savift Theé fafhes of Ardelia's eyes 2. With great or extreme tendernefs Fate urg'd the fheers, and cut the fylph in twain Pope ; It may be atked But hence! *tis gone : I give it to the winds. Addif Hopelefs mother Whofe fordnefs could compare her mortal offsprin Prior T thote which fair Latona bore to fov 3« Tender paffion Your jealoufy perverts my meaning ftill My very hate is conftrued into fondefs A. Phil Corinna, with that youthful air Is thirty, and a bit to fpare S‘?,Uif They err that either through induigence to others or fondnefs to any fin in themfelves, fubftitute for repentance any thing that is lefs than a fincere refowith faithful en attende and meet fruits of this change Hammond Obfolete Spenfer ftone veffel in which the water for hol bapti{m is contained in the church The prefenting of infants at the holy font is b Eooker no title Shak No, not that name was given me at the font Fo/NTaNEL. 7 /o [ fontanelle, French.] A iffue; a difcharge opened in the body fubject to hot defluxions, wa advifed to a fontazel in her arm. Hifeman of Infl FONTA'NGE. . /. [from the name of ficlt wearer. A knot of ribbands on th top. of the head-drefs. Out of ufe Thofe old-fathioned fontange th rofe an ell abov an head: they were pointed like fteeples long loofe picces of crape hung down their backs ha which were fringed, an Addifor FOOD. 7. /. [aban, Saxon; weeden, Dutch to feed; feed, Scott. 1. Viuals ; provifion for the mouth On my knees I beg ‘That you'll vouchfafe me raiment, bed, and food Shakefp Much food is in the tillage of the poor Prov. xiil. 23 Under my lowly roof thou haft vouchfat' To enter, and thefe earthly fruits to tafie Food net of angels yet accepted fo As that more willingly thou could'ft not fee Milton At heav'n's high featts t' have fed They give us food, which may with ne@ar vie Waller And wax that does the ablent {un fupply 2. Any thing that nourifhes Might I but live to fee thee in my touch Shakefp. King Leap 1°d fay, I had eyes again Foo'pruL. adj. [ food and full. full of food ; plenteous Fruitful There Tityus was to fee, who took his birt From heav'n, his nurfing from the fosdful earth Dryden Eatable; fit fo foed T [In Scripture.] A wicked man "The fool hath faid in his heart there is no God Pf. giv, 1 3. A term of indignity and reproach To be though Jool upon all mankind Dsyden's Fuvenal, Preface 4. One who counterfeits folly ; a buffoon ‘my koave, my fo¢/ Go you and cal my fool hither Shakefpeare's King Lear I fcorn, although their drudge, to be their fzo/ o Miltom Jefter If this difguife fit not naturally on fo grav perfon, yet it may become him better than that fzol' coat Denbapn S+ Zo play the Foor To play pranks lik a hired jefter; to jeft ; to make fport . L returning where 1 left his armour, found anothe inftead thereof, and armed myfelf therein to play I[Jefial 6. 90 play the ¥oor T Sidney a& like on void of common underftanding Well thus we pla the fools with the time an the fpirits of the wife fit in the clouds and gock us Henry 1 Shakefpeare' Is it worth the name of freedom to be at libert to play the fool, and draw fhame and mifery upon man's felf Lucke 7. D0 mafe @ Foo of 'Fo difappoint t defeat "Twere as good a deed as to drink when a mdn' a-hungry, to challenge him to the field, and the to break promife with him, and make a fool of him Shakefpeare's Tavelfth Night 70 Foov. . #. [from the noun.| To trifle to toy; to play ; toidle; to fport I, in this kind of merry foolizig, am nothing t you ; fo you may continue and laugh at nothing ftili Shakefpeare's Tempeft Fool not3 for all may have If they dare try, a glorious life, a grave If you have the luck to be court-fools Hevbert thofe tha have cither wit ot honefty, you may foo/ withal an Denbam fpae 0 It muft be an induftrious youth that proviue againft age; apd he that focls away the one, mui L' Efirange either beg or ftarve in the other He muft be harpy that knows the true meafure L' Efvarge offloling Dyyden Is this a time for fooling Zo FooL @. a 1. To treat with contempt ; to di(appoint And fball it in mere thame be further fpoken That you are foo/'d, difcarded, and thook off? Shak Him over-weanin "To over-reach; but with the {erpent meeting ZFiool'd and beguil'd Milton's Paradife Loff If me loved to be deceived and foo/ed about thei {piritual eftate the cannot take a fures courfe tha by takiog their neighbour's word for that, which ca be known only from theirown heart South When I canfider life, ‘tis all a cheat For foo/'d with hope, men favour the deceit. Dryden I'm tir'd with waiting for this chemick gold Which foo/s us young, and beggars us when old veflels, wine fh 1 would advife this blinded fet of men not to giv drew Chapman n. / [ ffol, Welch ; fol, Iflandick 1. One to whom nature has denied reafon a natural; an idiot Do'ft thou call me foo/, boy credi to thofe by who fuoled-and impofed upon 2. Toinfatuate the hav bee fo ofte Addifar's Freeholder to make foolifh If it be you that ftir thefe daughters heart Againtt their father, /o/ me not fo muc To bear it tamely Shakefpeare's King Lear When I am read, thou feign'it a weak applaufe As if thou wert my friend, but lackelt a cdufe 5 H knowing, you muft firft put th Dryden And into well few'd facks pour'd foody meal FOOL to fruftrate; to defeat Give me fome mufick: mufick, moody food Of us that trade in love Shakefp. Ant. and Cleop O dear fon Edgar The food of thy abufed father's wrath Fo¢'ny. adj. [from fwd. 2 Where' 4. Unreafonable liking A perfon plethorick bein a jefter Her fondnefs for a certain ear Began when I was but a girl their godfathers 1 have no name whether the eldeft fon Jooly (hall inherit paternal power before the younger a wife man, ocke He thanks his ftars he was not born a fool, Rope My heart had il fome foolifh_fordnefs for thee fal, French. Ev'n before the fatal engine clos'd A wretched fylph too_ford/y interpos'd Not'learning more than the fond eye doth teach 2. Foolifh tenuernefs Fone. 7 /. Plural of fze Shakefp. King Lear Which pry not to the interior, Shak. Merch.of Venice Fondnefs it weye for any, being free deavour The foe/ multitude, that chufe by thow of fenfe Fonr. n. /. [ fons, Latin; fonte, Freneh.] Thou may'ft infufe the venom in her veins. Dryden ~~All thy other titles thou haftgiven away that tho waft born with A barbarous troup of clownifh fore The Tyrian hugs, and fozds thee on her breaft And with fweet kiffes in her arms conftrains o Foxp. v. 2 Savage Fo'spness. . /. [from find. Iution of new obedience midft the fervour of the feaft Whe Fondly or feverely kind 1. Foolifhnefs; weaknefs ; wan want of judginent Not with ford fhekles of the tefted gold As fancy values them EO "Thi |