GLOSSARY. 



I bear). Producing or containing 

 fossil remains of animals and vege- 

 tables. 



Fos'silize (Lat. fos'silis, that which 

 may be dug out). To convert into 

 a fossil. 



Fourchette (Fr. a fork). The bone in 

 birds formed by the junction of the 

 clavicles ; the merrythought. 



Fovil'la (Lat. white ashes). The 

 minute granular matter which exists 

 in the interior of the pollen-grains 

 in flowers. 



Frac'tion (Lat. frango, I break). A 

 broken part of an entire quantity 

 or number. 



Frac'ture (Lat. frango, I break). A 

 break ; the manner or direction in 

 which a break takes place. 



Freezing Mixture. A mixture which 

 produces cold sufficient to freeze 

 other liquids. 



Freezing Point. The point at which 

 the mercury stands in the ther- 

 mometer when immersed in a fluid 

 in the act of freezing. 



Frem'itus (Lat. frem'o, I roar or 

 murmur). A vibrating sensation 

 felt on applying the hand to the 

 chest. 



Fri'able (Lat. frio, I break or crumble). 

 Easily crumbled. 



Fric'tion (Lat. frico. I rub). The 

 act of rubbing one body against 

 another. 



Frieze. The part ot the entablature 

 of a column which is between the 

 architrave and cornice. 



Frigid (Lat. fri'gus, cold). Cold ; 

 wanting heat. 



Frigorif' ic (Lat. fri'gus, cold ; fa' do, 

 I make). Producing cold ; freezing. 



Frond (Lat. frons, a leaf, or bough 

 with leaves). In botany, the 

 flattened expansion produced by the 

 spores of some acotyledonous or 

 flowerless plants : leaf of a tree- 

 fern. 



Frondip'arous (Lat. frons, a leaf; 

 pa'rio, I produce). In botany, 

 applied to fruits which produce 

 leaves from their upper part. 



Fron'tal (Lat. frons, the forehead). 

 Belonging to the forehead. 



Fructifica'tion (Lat. fruc'tus, fruit ; 



fac'io, I make). The production 

 of fruit. 



Fruc'tify (Lat. fruc'tus, fruit; fac'io, 

 I make). To make fruitful ; to 

 fertilise. 



FrugiVorous (L&i.fru'ges, fruit; voro, 

 I devour). Eating or living on fruits. 



Frus'tum (Lat. a broken piece). A 

 piece broken off; in geometry, the 

 part of a solid body nearest the 

 base, which remains after the top 

 has been cut off by a plane parallel 

 to the base. 



Fuciv'orous (Lat. fu'cus, sea- weed ; 

 voro, I devour). Eating or living 

 on sea-weed. 



Fu'coid (Lat. fu'cus, sea-weed; Gr. 

 elSos, eidos, form). Resembling 

 sea-weed. 



Ful'crum (Lat. ful'cio, I support). 

 A support : the fixed point on 

 which a lever turns. 



Ful'minate (Lat. ful'men, thunder). 

 To detonate : a compound of ful- 

 minic acid with a base, character- 

 ised by a tendency to explode 

 violently. 



Ful'minic Acid (Lat. ful'men, thun- 

 der). An acid produced by the 

 action of nitric acid on alcohol in 

 the presence of a salt of silver or 

 mercury, and forming salts which 

 have a tendency to explode vio- 

 lently. 



Fu'marolles (Lat. fu'mus, smoke). 

 Crevices in the earth in volcanic 

 districts from which steam and 

 boiling fluids are emitted. 



Fu'migate (Lat. fu'mus, smoke). To 

 apply smoke or vapour. 



Func'tion (Lat. fungor, I perform). 

 In physiology, the use of a part or 

 organ. 



Fun'gi (Lat. fun'gus, a mushroom). 

 An order of flowerless plants of 

 which the mushroom is the type. 



Fun'goid (Lat. fun'gus, a mushroom : 

 Gr. eiSos, eidos, form). Resem- 

 bling a mushroom. 



Fungos'ity (Lat. furigus, a mush- 

 room). A soft excrescence, often 

 of rapid growth. 



Fun'gous (Lat. fun'gus, a mushroom). 

 Consisting of, or resembling mush- 



