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Specifically 2. In mi'tal., to i-ut (bars of metal, first made the instrument in Amsterdam, about 
usually of iron or steel) iuto pieces of suitable 1720.] The name distinguishing the kind <>( 
length which arc then made up into "fagots," thermometer-scale in most common use in 
Great Britain and the United States, in which 
the space between the freezing- and the boiling- 
point of water, under the standard pressure of 
the atmosphere, is divided into 180, the freez- 
ing-point being marked 32, and the boiling- 
point 212: as, a temperature of 60 Fahrrnlieil 
(that is, accordingtotheFahrenheitscale). Each 
degree of the centigrade scale equals 1.8 degrees Fahren- 
heit, the centigrade zero being at the freezing-point, or 32' 
Fahrenheit. Abbreviated F. and Fahr. See thermometer 
ami centigrade. 
faiblet, [F.] Same as foible. 
faience (F. pron. fa-yons'), . [= G. faience 
= Dan. fajence = Sw. fajans, < F. faience, < 
It. faenza, i. e., jiorcellana (ii Faenza, earthen- 
ware of Faenza, a city in Italy. The L. name 
of Faenza was Faventia, < faven(t-)s, ppr. of fa- 
vere, be well disposed, be favorable : see favor."} 
A fine kind of pottery or earthenware, glazed, 
and painted with designs, said to have been 
invented in Faenza, Italy, in 1299. The term is 
fa<rn+t >. ^an nnttn loosely used for any ware between porcelain and common 
tagOtt, n. name as fagotto. unglazed pottery, especially any such ware of French ori- 
fagOttlSt (fa-got tist), . [= D. G. Uan. bw. gjn as M oustiers faience, Rouen faience, etc. Common 
fagottist, < It. fagottista, < fagotto : see fagotto.] or Italian faience has a soft body and a thin glaze, and re- 
A performer on the fagotto or bassoon ; a bas- ceives two firings. A line faience, also called English fai- 
ence, was invented by Josiah Wedgwood in 1763, and is 
known as Wedgwoodware. Also spelled/ai/ence. Faience 
F.], the fine pottery of Oiron, near Thouars, in 
Faience fine [F., flue earthenware], pottery 
)ipe-clay, or generally of any paste so fine as to 
, need no enamel. It is usually finished with a very thin 
be taken to pieces ana made up into a Dun transparent glaze, serving merely to heighten the colors. 
or fagot, but more prob. from its appearance T) ie pottery of Oiron is a notable instance of this, and 
when in use ; lit. a fagot : see fagot.] A bas- 
soon. Also fagott. 
fagottone (fa-g'ot-to'ne), n. [It, aug. of fagot- 
to, a bassoon: see fagotto.] 
fagot-vote (fag'ot-vot), n. 
fagot-voter. 
fagot-VOter (fag'ot-vo'ter), n. Formerly, in 
Great Britain and Ireland, when the elective 
franchise was based upon a property qualifica- 
tion, a person who, though only nominally own- 
ing property of the specified annual value, ex- 
ercised the right of voting for members of Par- 
liament ; one who voted on a spurious or sham 
"piles," or bundles, and, after reheating, weld- 
ed together, and rolled or drawn out under the 
hammer iuto bars. The object <>f this process is. in 
some cases, to secure uniformity of texture ; in other cases 
just the opposite. Also /W<\ 
fagoting, faggoting (fag'ot-ing), . [Verbal 
n. of tagot, c.] In I'inbriiiili'rii, an operation 
in which a num- 
ber of threads 
in the material 
are drawn out. 
and a few of the 
cross - threads 
are fagoted, or 
tied together in the middle. This is continued until 
all the threads are tied into fagots. The term is also ap- 
plied to a similar effect produced by knitting. 
fagot-stickt (fag'ot-stik), . A staff. 
Brave Bragadocia, whom the world doth threaten, 
Was lately with faggot-sticke sore beaten. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). 
A double bassoon. 
The vote cast by a 
much of the flue English pottery of the eighteenth cen- 
tury is of the same character. See Wedgwood ware, un- 
der war2. Faience Henri II., another name for Oiron 
pottery. Faience patrlotique [F., patriotic earthen- 
ware], plates, dishes, and other articles of glazed pottery, 
decorated with revolutionary emblems, battle-scenes, etc., 
during the early years of the French revolution. Much 
of this ware was made at Nevers. It is generally of coarse 
material and rudely decorated. Faiences a la croix I F., 
earthenware with the cross], the enameled pottery of Va- 
rages in France, from the mark, which is a cross. See Va- 
rages pottery, under pottery. Faience translucide [F.], 
translucent earthenware, such as the white ware of Per- 
sia. Such ware is often called porcelain, and is confound- 
ed with true Oriental porcelain, but is not kaolinic. It 
may be similar in its composition to soft porcelain. 
qualification. Fagot-votes were manufactured by the faik 1 (fak), v. and n. See fake 1 . 
lominal transfer of land or property to persons otherwise faik 2 (fak), . [Sc., prob. < Sw. vika = Dan. 
without legal qualification, thus fraudulently increasing 
the number of voters. 
fagst, interj. Same as /acfc 2 . 
FagUS (fa'gus), n. [L., a beech-tree, =AS. boc, 
a beech, whence bece, E. beech 1 : see beech 1 .] A 
genus of trees, of the natural order Cupitliferte, 
differing from the oak and chestnut in having 
the staminate flowers in small heads, and two 
triangular nuts in the prickly involucre or bur. 
' (s, divided into two sections. One is the 
'ige, give way, yield, = AS. mean, give way, 
whence ult. E. weak and wick 1 : see weak and 
wick 1 ."] I. intrans. 1. To fail; become weary. 
Her limbs they /dieted under her and fell. 
A. Ross, Helenore, p. 24. 
2. To stop; cease. 
The lasses now are linking what they dow, 
And faiked never a foot for height nor how. 
A. Ross, Helenore, p. 73. 
II. trans. 1. To excuse; let go with impu- 
nity. 2. To reduce the price or amount of; 
abate. 
There are 15 species, 
beech of the northern hemisphere, including the very close- 
ly related species F. xylvatica of Europe, F. ferrttginea 
of North America, and F. Sieboldi of Japan. (See beechl.) 
The other group is peculiar to the southern hemisphere, 
and is marked by small and often evergreen leaves and by 
a much smaller fruit. Six species are natives of Chili and 
Patagonia, and as many more are found in Tasmania and 
New Zealand. The Tasmania myrtle, F. Cnnmnfili(tmi, - ., .._. . . . ,-, ,, , 
grows to a very great size, and its brown, satiny, and beau- faiKS (faks), mterj. bame as Jack''. 
tifully marked wood is used for cabinet-work. Thetawhai fail 1 (fal), V. [Early mod. E. also faile, fayle ; 
I would wis both you and him to ken that I'm no in your 
reverence ; and likewise, too, Mr. Keelivin, that I'll no 
faik a farthing o 1 my right. Gait, The Entail, I. 169. 
fahain 
Angrtecum fragrans, an orchid the leaves of 
which are fragrant and are used in decoction 
as an expectorant and stomachic. 
fahlband (G. pron. fal'bant), . [G., < fahl (= 
E. fallow), pale, 4- band = E. band 1 .'] A belt 
or zone of rock impregnated with sulphurated 
metalliferous combinations which are liable to 
decomposition, thus giving the rock a disinte- 
grated or faded appearance. The term originated 
with the German miners employed in the silver-mines of 
Norway, where the veins are enriched along the lines of 
their intersections with the fahlbands. In a few localities 
the fahlbands are themselves worked for the ore which 
they contain. 
fahlerz (fal'erts), n. [G., < fahl (= E. fallow)^ 
yellowish. 4- erz, < OHG. erizzi, aruzi, aruz, 
ore.] Gray copper or gray-copper ore : called 
by mineralogists, from the shape of its crystals, 
tetrahedrite. Sometimes, half -translated, /o/(/- 
ore. 
fahl-ore (fal'or), . Same as fahlerz. 
fahlunite (fii'lun-it), . [< Fahltin in Sweden 
4- -j'te 2 .] A hydrated silicate of aluminium, 
of a greenish color and micaceous structure. 
It occurs in prisms often six- or twelve-sided, having the 
form of the iolite crystals from which it has been derived 
by pseudomorphism. 
Fahr. An abbreviation of Fahrenheit. 
Fahrenheit (far' en -hit), a. [After Gabriel 
Daniel Fahrenheit, a native of Dantzic, who 
faillir = Pr. falhir = OSp. fallir, Sp. fallecer = 
Pg. fallecer, fallir = It. f attire, fail, miss, omit, 
deceive, < L. fallere, pp. falsus, tr. deceive, dis- 
appoint, pass, (with mid. force) deceive oneself, 
be deceived, err, be mistaken, prob. orig. *sfal- 
lere = Gr. ajdZfatv, cause to fall, overthrow, dis- 
appoint, pass, be baffled or foiled ; = AS. feal- 
lan, etc., E.fall 1 : see fall 1 , v. From the same 
L. source are E. fault, falter 1 , false, fallible, etc., 
defail, default, etc.] I. intrans. 1. To be or 
become deficient or lacking, as something ex- 
pected or desired; fall short, cease, disappear, 
or be wanting, either wholly or partially ; be 
insufficient or absent: as, the stream fails in 
summer ; our supplies failed. 
Often time it fallethe, that where Men fynden Watre at 
o tyme in a Place, it faylethe another tyme. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 64. 
He sawe that the daye fai/led and myght fynde no lodg- 
ynge. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 167. 
Having so said, his [ Wolsey's] Speech failed, and incon- 
tinent the Clock struck eight, and then he gave up the 
Ghost. Baker, Chronicles, p. 280. 
Failing this chance, it would seem as if Antivari was 
doomed utterly to perish. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 394. 
2. Todeclino; sink; grow faint; become weaker. 
Music's a child of mirth : when griefs assail 
The troubled soul, both voice and fingers fail. 
Quarles, Emblems, iv. 15. 
fail 
The sound, upon the fitful gale, 
In solemn wise did rise and juil. 
firutt, L. nl L. M., i. SI. 
I saw the strong man bowed down, and his knees tufuil. 
L'tiuh, Quakers' liming, 
3. To come short or be wanting in action, de- 
tail, or result; disappoint or prove lacking in 
what is attempted, expected, desired, or ap- 
proved: often followed by an infinitive or by 
of or in : as, he failed to come; the experiment 
failed of success ; he fails in duty; the portrait 
fails in expression. 
Thyug eountirfet wyl faile at assay. 
Political I'oenu, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 45. 
God never fails to hear the faithful prayers of his church. 
Peter Martyr, in Bradford's Works (Parker Soe., 1853), 
[II. 405. 
Did the martyrs fail, when with their precious hlood 
they sowed the seed of the Church ? 
Summer, Against Slave Power, June 28, 1848. 
This most ancient skull faile utterly to vindicate the ex- 
pectations of those who would regard prehistoric men as 
approaching to the apes. 
Damon, Nature and the Bible, p. 1C8. 
4. To become unable to meet one's engage- 
ments, especially one's debts or business obli- 
gations ; become insolvent or bankrupt. 
I could not but read with great delight a letter from an 
eminent citizen, who li&a failed, to one who was intimate 
with him in his better fortune, and able by his counte- 
nance to retrieve his lost condition. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 458. 
= Syn. 1. To fall short, come short, give out. 2. To wane, 
fade, weaken. 3. To come to naught, prove abortive. 
4. To break, suspend payment. 
II. trans. 1. To be wanting to; disappoint; 
desert; leave in the lurch. [Not now used in 
the passive.] 
For-thi lerne we lawe of loue as cure lord tauhte ; 
The poure peuple faile we nat whil eny peny ous lasteth. 
Piers Plowman (C), xiii. 120. 
Thou hast thy sword about thee, 
That good sword that never fail'd thee ; prithee, come. 
llrau. atul Fl., Knight of Malta, iv. 2. 
Neither side could give in clear accountes, ye partners 
here could not, by reason they ... were failed by y ac- 
countante they sent them. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 376. 
Thought, look, and utterance failed him now; 
Fallen was his glance, and flushed his brow. 
Scott, Marniion, iii. 14. 
2. To omit ; leave unbestowed or unperform- 
ed ; neglect to keep or observe : as, to fail an 
appointment. [Rare.] 
I haue myn hoope soo sure and soo stedfaste 
That suche a lady shulde not faile pyte. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 66. 
The inventive God, who never fails his part. Dryden. 
3f. To come short of; miss; lack. 
Tyll he came to Plomton parke, 
Hefaytyd many of his dere. 
Lytell Gate of Robyn llode (Child's Ballads, V. 108). 
For though that seat of earthly bliss be/aifd, 
A fairer Paradise is founded now 
For Adam and his chosen sons. 
Milton, P. R., iv. 812. 
4f. To deceive ; delude ; mislead. 
So lively and so like that living sence itfayld. 
Spenser, V. Q., III. xi. 46. 
fail 1 (fal), n. [< ME. fayle, feyle (only in the 
frequent phrase withouten fayle, without fail, 
which also appears in the OF. form, sanz (sauns, 
sauntz, saun) faile ( fayle, feyle)) ; < OF. faille, 
faile = Pr. falha, failla = It. folio (cf. D. LG. 
feil = MHG. va;le, Q. fehl = Dan. feil = Sw. 
fel), n., fail; from the verb.] 1. Lack; ab- 
sence or cessation. 
What dangers, by his highness' fail of issue, 
May drop upon his kingdom. Shak., W. T., v. 1. 
How grounded he his title to the crown, 
Upon our fail [failure of an heirJY 
Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 2. 
2. Failure ; deficiency : now only in the phrase 
without fail (which see, below). 
Mark, and perform it (seest thou?); for the /art 
Of any point in 't shall not only be 
Death to thyself, but to thy lewd-tongued wife. 
Shalt., W. T., li. 3. 
3f. A failure, failing, or fault. 
The honest man will rather be a grave to his neighbours 
fails than any way uncurtain them. Felthatn, Resolves. 
Without fail, without delinquency or failure ; certainly ; 
infallibly. 
To morow I shall be ther withoitte faile, 
And speke with hir as touching this mater. 
And what she seith ye shall haue pleyne answer. 
Oenerydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 782. 
He will without fail drive out from before you the Ca- 
naanites. Josh. iii. 10. 
Their freinds . . . did intend for to send over to Ley- 
den, for a competente number of them to be hear the next 
year without fayle. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 232. 
fail 2 (fal), n. [Sc., also feal, prob. < Sw. rail, 
a sward, a pasture, appar. a special use of mil. 
