favorite 
3f. A small curl hanging loose upon the temple: 
a frequent feature of a woman's head-dress in 
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 
Wedo hereby engage ourselves to raise and arm our vas- 
sals for the service of his Majesty King George, and him to 
defend, with our tongues ami hearts, our eyes, eye-lashes, 
favourite*, lips, dimities, and every other feature, wlu-ther 
natural or acquired. Aildisun, The Ladies' Association. 
The favourites hang loose upon the temples, with a lan- 
guishing lock in the middle. 
Farquhar, Sir H. Wildair, i. 1. 
II. a. Regarded with particular liking, favor, 
esteem, or preference : as, a favorite walk ; a 
favorite author; & favorite child. 
For ever cursed be this detested day, 
Which snatch'd my best, my fav'rite curl away ! 
Pope, B, of the L., iv. 148. 
The parable of the Good Shepherd, which adorns almost 
every chapel in the Catacombs, was still the favourite sub- 
ject of the painter. Leckij, Rationalism, I. 73. 
favoritism, favouritism (fa'vor-i-tizm), . [< 
F. favoritisme = Sp. favoritismo ; as favorite 
+ -ism.'] The disposition to favor one person 
or family, or one class of men, to the neglect of 
others having equal claims. 
Such extremes, I told her, well might harm 
The woman's cause. " Not more than now," she said, 
"So puddled as it is with favouritism." 
Tennyson, Princess, iii. 
favorize (fa'vor-Iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. favor- 
ized, ppT.favorizing. [= (i.favorisiren = Dan. 
favorisere = Sw. favorisera, < F. favoriser (cf. 
Sp. Pg.favorecer), < M.Li.favorizare, < L./oror, 
favor: see favor and -we.] To favor especially 
or unduly. 
Yea, and he [Socrates] pierced deeper into the souls and 
hearts of his hearers, by now much he seemed to seek out 
the truth in common, and neuer to favorize and maintain 
any opinion of his own. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 833. 
Thus the use of a name as one electrode favorites the 
creation of a current through the air. 
Fhiloi. Mag., XXVI. 273. 
favor less, favourless (fa'vor-les), a. [< favor 
+ -less.] 1. Unfavored; not regarded with fa- 
vor; having no patronage or countenance. 
2f. Not favoring ; unpropitious. 
Such happinesse 
Ileven doth to me envy, and fortune favourlesse. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 7. 
favoroust, favouroust, a. [< ME. faverous; < 
favor + -ous.] Favorable. 
The tyme is than so faverous. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 82. 
When women were wont to be kindharted, conceits in 
men were \eviefavourous. 
Breton, Wit's Trenchmour, p. 9. 
favorsomet, favoursomet (fa'vor-sum), a. [< 
favor + -some.'] Worthy of favor; fitted to 
win favor. 
Pray Phoebus I prove favoumome in her fair eyes. 
B. Jonxon, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
favose (fa-vos' ), a. [< L. as if "favosus, < favus, 
a honeycomb.] Resembling a honeycomb, (a) 
Applied to some cutaneous diseases, as favns, in which the 
skin is covered with a honeycomb-like gummy secretion. (6) 
In hot., same asfaveolate. () In entom. , covered with large, 
deep, many-sided depressions or cavities separated only by 
linear elevations or partitions, as a surface ; faveolate. 
favosite (fav'o- 
slt), . A fossil 
stone-coral of 
the family Favo- 
sitidce. 
Favosites (fav-o- 
sl'tez), . [NL., 
< L. as if *fano- "^. '//.. 
sus, honeycomb- .^ . / 
ed (seefaCOSe), + Fossi , Coral (/, alcymaria). 
-ites.] A genus 
of fossil stone-corals, giving name to the family 
Favositidai, occurring in the Silurian, Devonian, 
and Carboniferous strata: so called from the 
regular polygonal arrangement of the pore- 
cells, as iu F. alcyonaria. 
Favpsitidse (fav-o-sit'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Fa- 
vosites + -idee.] A family of tabulate sclero- 
dermatous stone-corals, typified by the genus 
Favosites, having little or no true coenenchyma, 
and the septa and cprallites distinct. 
Favositinse (fav"o-si-ti'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Fa- 
vosites + -inw.] A subfamily of Favositidce. 
favour, favourable, etc. See favor, etc. 
Favularia (fav-u-la'ri-a), n. [NL., < L. favus, 
a honeycomb.] A geniis of fossil plants : same 
as Sigillaria. 
favus (fa'vus), n. [< L. favus, a honeycomb, 
a hexagonal tile in pavements.] 1. PI. favi 
(-vi). A tile or slab of marble cut into a hexag- 
onal shape, so as to produce a honeycomb pat- 
tern in pavements. 2. In pathol., crusted or 
honeycombed ringworm, a disease of the skin, 
2160 
chiefly attacking the scalp, but also occurring 
on any part of the body, characterized by yel- 
lowish dry incrustations somewhat resembling 
a honeycomb. It is produced by the fungus 
Achorion Schonleinii. The disease is also called 
tinea favosa. 
favus-cup (fa' vus-kup), n. One of the cup- 
shaped crusts found in favus. 
fawchiont, n. An obsolete spelling of falchion. 
fawcont, fawconett. Obsolete spellings of fal- 
con, falconet. 
fawet, a. [ME. fawe, shortened from/oicen, an- 
other form offagen, fayn, fain, glad, due to.the 
influence of the verb form/aavien, for faijuii n. 
faynen, be glad: see fawn*- and fain 1 .] Glad; 
fain; delighted. 
Ech of hem f ul blisful was, and fawe 
To brynge me gaye thinges fro the faire. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 220. 
To helpe thee jit I wolde be/tt. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 96. 
fawknert, n. An obsolete form of falconer. 
fawn 1 (fan), t'. [< ME. fawnen, faunen, fauh- 
neii, faugnen, another form, due to Icel. fagna, 
of the reg. ME. fagnien, faynen, fainen, mod. 
E. fain, v., be glad, receive with joy, make 
joyful, fawn as a dog, < AS. fargenian, fcegnian, 
be glad, etc., < fwgen, glad, fain: see /am 1 .] 
1. intrans. 1. To show fondness or desire in 
the manner of a dog or other animal ; manifest 
pleasure or gratitude, or court notice or favor, 
by demonstrative actions, especially by crouch- 
ing, licking the hand, or the like ; act caress- 
ingly and submissively : absolutely or with on 
or upon. 
Ac there ne was lyoun ne leopart that on laundes wenten, 
Noyther here, ne bor ne other best wilde, 
That ne fel to her feet luidfauned with the tallies. 
Piers J'lowman (B), xv. 295. 
You pull your claws in now, and /awn upon us, 
As lions do to entice poor foolish beasts. 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, iv. 1. 
Oft he [the serpent] bow'd 
His turret crest and sleek enamell'd neck, 
Fawning, and lick'd the ground whereon she trod. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 526. 
2. To flatter meanly; use blandishments; act 
servilely; cringe and bow to gain favor: used 
absolutely or with on or upon, 
Prone as we are to fawn upon ourselves, and to be igno- 
rant as much as may be of our own deformities. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 12. 
My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 1. 
The dotage of some Englishmen is such, 
To fawn on those who ruin them the Dutch. 
Dryden, Amboyna, Prol., 1. 6. 
All opposition, however, yielded to Tyrconnel's energy 
and cunning. He fawned, bullied, and bribed, indefati- 
gably. Macaitlay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
Il.t trans. To show fondness toward in the 
manner of a dog ; act servilely toward ; cringe 
to. 
Ther cam by me 
A whelpe tlmtfatcnrd me as I stood. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 389. 
fawn 1 (fan), TO. [< fauml, v. i.] A servile 
cringe or bow ; mean flattery. [Now rare.] 
Thanks, Horace, for thy free and wholesome sharpness, 
Which pleaseth Caesar more than servile fawns. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
One 
Who juggles merely with the /owns and youth 
Of an instructed compliment. 
Ford, Perkin Warbeck, iii. 4. 
fawn 2 (fan), TO. [< ME. fawn, fawne, fowne, < 
OF. fan, faon, earlier feon, a fawn, a young 
deer, also applied to the young of other animals, 
mod. F. faon, a fawn; prob. < ML. "fetonus (cf . 
PT. feda, fea, a sheep), < L. fetus, a., pregnant, 
breeding, fetus, n., the young of animals, off- 
spring, progeny : see fetus.] 1. A young deer; 
a buck or doe of the first year. 
And there ben also wylde Swyn, of many coloures, als 
grete as ben Oxen in oure Contree, and thei ben alle spot- 
ted, as ben gonge Foimes. Mandemlle, Travels, p. 290. 
Like a doe, I go to find my fawn, 
And give it food. Shak., As you Like it, li. 7. 
2f. The young of some other animal. 
She [the tigress] . . . followeth . . . her/own*. 
Holland. 
fawn 2 (fan), r. *. [< fawn*, TO., after OF. and F. 
faonner, bring forth a fawn.] To bring forth 
a fawn. 
fawner (fa'ner), TO. One who fawns ; one who 
cringes and flatters meanly. 
Our talking is trusties, our cares do abound ; 
Ourfauners deemed faithfull, and friendshippe a foe. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 85. 
fay 
fawning (fa'ning), . [Verbal n. of fawn 1 , 
v. i.] The act of caressing or flattering servile- 
ly ; mean obsequiousness. 
Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, 
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, 
Where thrift may follow fawni>i. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
Sounds of such delicacy are \mifmenim.u 
Upon the cloth of luxury. 
Ford, Broken Heart, iii. 2. 
fawningly (fa'ning-li), adv. In a caressing, 
cringing, or servile way; with mean flattery. 
He that fau-ningly enticed the soul to sin will now as 
bitterly upbraid it for having sinned. 
South, Works, IX. i. 
fawningness (fa'ning-nes), TO. The state or 
quality of being cringing or servile ; mean flat- 
tery or cajolery. 
I'm for peace, and quietness, and fawningness. 
De Qnincey, Murder as a Fine Art. 
fawsont (fa'sont), a. [Sc., equiv. to E. fash- 
ioned, < ME.' ' fasoun, fashion: see fashion.] 
Seemly; decent. 
fawtyt, a. See faulty. 
fazt (faks), n. [ME., < AS. feax = OS. fahs = 
OFries. fax = OHG. falls = Icel. fax, the hair 
of the head. The word fax remains in mod. 
E. in the proper name Fairfax, i. e., 'Fair- 
hair,' and in Halifax, i. e. (appar.),'Holy hair,' 
the town having received its name, it is said 
(Camden), from the fact that the hair of a mur- 
dered virgin was hung up on a tree in the neigh- 
borhood, which became the resort of pilgrims.] 
The hair of the head. 
His berde & his brijt/ax for bale [sorrow] he to-twijt. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2097. 
His/oz and his foretoppe was fllterede to-geders. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1078. 
The Englishmen dwelling beyond Trent called the haire 
of the head Fax. Whence also there is a family . . . 
named Faire-fax, of the faire bush of their haire. 
Holland, tr. of Camden's Britain, p. 692. 
fazedt (fakst), a. [< ME. "faxed, < AS. feaxed, 
feted, gefeaxed, gefexed, haired, having hair, < 
feax, hair : see fax.] Having a head of hair; 
hairy. 
They [the old English] could call a comet a faxed starre, 
which is all one with stella crinita, or cometa. 
Camden, Remains, The Languages. 
fazwaz (faks'waks), n. [Appar. (.fax, hair, + 
wax 1 , grow (cf. equiv. G. haarwaclts, < haar, = 
E. hair, + wachsen = E. wax 1 , grow); not found 
in early use. See paxwax.] Same aspaxwax. 
fay 1 (fa), v. [Early mod. E. also faye, faie; < 
ME. feycn, feien, fyen, men, fegen, join, add, 
unite, intr. fit, suit, agree, < AS. fegan, also 
ge-fegan, join, unite, bind, fix, = OS. fogian 
= OFries. foga = D. voegen = OHG. fiiogen, 
MHG. vuegen, G. fiigen = Sw. foga = Dan. fate, 
join, unite (= Goth, "fogjan, not recorded) ; a 
factitive verb, < / "fag in Goth, fagrs, fit, 
adapted, suitable, = AS.fa'ger, E. fair, beau- 
tiful: see fair 1 and fang. The word fadge ap- 
pears to be connected with fay 1 , but its origin 
is not clear: see fadge.] I. trans. If. To join; 
put together ; fit together ; frame. 
Eft he wile feie us thanne we shulen arisen of deathe. 
Old Eng. Homiliet (ed. Morris), II. 25. 
Manness bodis fegedd iss 
Off fowwre kinne shaffte [four kinds of elements]. 
Ormulum, 1. 11501. 
Specifically 2. To fit (two pieces of timber) 
together, so as to lie close and fair; fit. 3f. 
To put to ; apply so as to touch or cover. 
Fetheren he nom with fingren & fiede [var. wrot] on boc 
felle [parchment]. Layamon, I. 3. 
He f eyed his fysnamye [face] with his foule hondez. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1114. 
H. intrans. 1. To fit; suit; unite closely. 
Specifically 2. In ship-building, to fit or lie 
close together, as two pieces of wood. Thus, a 
plank is said to fay to the timbers when there 
is no perceptible space between them. 
The Admiralty also ordered the faying surfaces of the 
frame timber and planking of the " Tenedos" and " Spar- 
tan" ... to be carbonized. Laslett, Timber, p. 326. 
St. To suit the requirements of the case ; be fit 
for the purpose ; do. 
That may notfye, 
And he se the with hys eye 
He wyl knowe the anoon righte. 
Seven Sages, 1. 2881. 
This waie it will ne frame nefaie, 
Therefore must we proue an other waie. 
J. Udall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 373. 
fay 2 , fey 2 (fa),r. t. [E. dial., <WE.fegien,fanen, 
cleanse, < Icel.fagja, cleanse, polish, = Sw./e/a 
= Dan. feie, sweep, = D. vegen, sweep, strike 
(whence E. feague, q. v.), = OHG. MHG. vegen, 
