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kind of grass : Festuca flabel- 

 loides, flab'-el'loyd'-ez (L. flabel- 

 lum, a fly-flap ; Gr. eidos, resem- 

 blance), the Tussac grass of the 

 Falkland Islands, which, though 

 tender enough for animal food, 

 attains a height of five or six 

 feet ; festucine, a., fest-u'-sm, 

 of a straw colour. 



fetlock, n., fWMk (Dut. vitloJc, 

 Swiss, Jiesloch, the pastern of a 

 horse ; Ger. Jitze, a bundle of 

 threads), the tuft of hair growing 

 a little above the back part of the 

 hoof of a horse ; the joint on 

 which such hair grows. 



Feverfew, n.,fev-er-fu (F. fievre, 

 L. febris, a fever ; fugdre, to put 

 to flight), a herb good against 

 fevers ; the plant Pyrethruni 

 parthenium, which is aromatic 

 and stimulant. 



libra primitiva, fib'ra prim'-it- 

 w'-d (L. flbra, a fibre, a band ; 

 primitivus, that which is first or 

 original from primus, first), 

 the primitive band in the nervous 

 system : fibrse vel processus ar- 

 ciformes, vel prd'sZs'-sdos drs'i- 

 form f -ez (L. vel, or ; processils, 

 processes ; arciformes, a. plu., 

 shaped like a bow from arcus, 

 a bow ; forma, shape), the 

 arciform fibres or processes, a 

 set of superficial white fibres on 

 the forepart and sides of the 

 medulla oblongata. 



fibril, n., fW-ril (a dimin. of L. 

 fibra, a fibre), a very minute or 

 ultimate fibre : fibrillsB, n. plu., 

 fib-ril'-le, in bot., the thread-like 

 divisions of roots : fibrillation, 

 n., fib'rtt-ld'shun, the state or 

 condition of becoming fibrils, or 

 in appearance like fibrils : fibril- 

 lose, a., fib'-ril-loz, in bot., 

 covered with little strings or 

 fibres : fibrillous, a., flb'r&lfo, 

 consisting of or formed of small 

 fibres : fibrin, n., fib'rin, a 

 peculiar substance found in 

 animals and vegetables, which 

 forms fibres and muscular flesh ; 



a substance formed in the act of 

 coagulation of the blood by the 

 union of fibrinogen, a body 

 peculiar to intercellular fluid, 

 with a fibrinoplastic substance 

 termed paraglobulin, derived 

 from the cellular structures 

 of the body : fibrinogen, n., 

 fib-rin'o-j%n (Gr. gennao, 1 pro- 

 duce), one of the two substances 

 which produce fibrin, the coag- 

 ulum in hydrocele fluid, in serous 

 fluids, and in blood, the other 

 substance being named 'globulin': 

 fibrinogenous, a., fW-rm-odf- 

 $n-us, denoting a substance found 

 in a hydrocele fluid, etc. ; pro- 

 ducing fibrin : fibrinoplastic, a. , 

 fib'rm-o-pldst'ik (Eng. plastic), 

 denoting one of the ingredients 

 which produce fibrin ; also de- 

 noting globulin : fibrinoplastin, 

 n. , -pldst'-m, another name for glob- 

 ulin ; a substance supplied from 

 the blood : fibroid, a. , fib'-royd 

 (Gr. eidos, resemblance), resem- 

 bling simple fibre in structure ; 

 denoting a tumour in which the 

 cell elements have assumed the 

 appearance of fibres : fibro-cellul- 

 ar, in bot., tissue composed of 

 spiral cells : fibrous, a., fib'-rtis, 

 composed of numerous fibres : 

 fibro - vascular tissue, a tissue 

 composed of mixed vessels, con- 

 taining spiral and other fibres. 

 fibula, n., fib'-ul'O, (L. fibtila, a 

 buckle), the outer and smaller 

 bone of the leg, so named as 

 being opposite the part where 

 the knee- buckle was placed when 

 these were worn ; the part cor- 

 responding to the ulna in the 

 fore-arm. 



Ficoidese, n. plu., fik-oyd^-e (L. 

 ficus, a fig), the Fig-marigold and 

 Ice-plant family, an Order ot 

 plants, the greater part found at 

 the Cape of Good Hope some 

 are used as food, others yield 

 soda : ficoidean, &.,fzk-dyd f -Z-dn, 

 having an arrangement of parts 

 as in the fig plant. 



