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F A W

(J,

n~t

f"rele.! frtlln

gl.tn,

llIlcs,

\1m

(rom ILe liu le

arreri,'s 01' the

~dipo(e

I11cm')',tlle, [, nlhors dilltnguilh

il illlo 11'10 l ind¡, \Vhich Ihcy

e~prcrs

by Ihe "'ords

/""'" or

nd'f"

,nd

/,ÍJ.'g'ud",

According to Ihis di·

lIill11l0n,

If¡<r~

i, no fud, Ihi ng

(, v"m or h.,d fat

in Ihe

h"m~1I

buJy, ils fal b,illg all of Ihal Ion ex–

I'rdl;'J by pln&tICdo, or ft>fl alld OIly, Thal lhis ole·

agioolls mJuer h,IS a eirenlalor)' mOlion, or ao egrefs

intu Ihe vci"s , is val' cvidc:1I fl'uOJ Ihe f"dden con·

¡uOlPlion of 11 io many ciifeaf,s, and from its vaft di·

minulion bv cxcrei(e or

I.,b~ur,

FAT, in lhe

(e.,!"n~uJ~e,

ficinifies Ihe f.,me ",ilh brOld,

Thus a fl,ip is f,id

hAve a f.1qUdrlt r, if the trufling

in or luel of her qllolflcr be deep

is ufed ..11'" for feva al ulcnfils; as,

A great

wooden vdfd, ofed for the nm furing of malt, and

eontaining , quuter or cight boOtels,

A la(ge

brewing velfel, "fed by bewers to run their \Von in,

3, A

Icaden p,tn or ve

¡rol

for Ihe making of faft al

DroilWlch,

like\Vif! denotes ao

u~cenain

mear"re of capacity.

Thlls a f.t uf ifing gl,fs contains from

hundred

wtighl

hundrcd weighl ; a fat of ullbound books,

ha!f a maund or (om bales; of wire, from

hundred weight; and of yaro, from

220

22 1

bnndles'.

FATE, denotes an inevitable neceffity dcpending opon a

fuperior

e~ufe.

is alfo ufed tOexprefs a cenain

011·

avoidable defignaticII of Ihings, by \Vhieh alJ agenls,

both neeelfar)' and involuotary, are fwa)'ed aod direé!·

ed to their ends.

FATES, in mylholoZY. See

PARC IC.

FATHOIlI, a long meafure eontaining fi x feet, ufed

chirOy at fea fur Iltafuriog Ihe léngth of cables aod

cordage.

f ATUUS

I G~IS,

in phyr. ..logy,

mmor olher\Vife

ealled Will ,wilh .a' lVifp. See

W,LL.

f AVIFORM, in general, fumething refembling a honey·

combo Surgeons gil'e Ihis appcll,tion to eenain ulcers,

whieh eluil a fao",.

thr~llgh. littl<

hob, cfpceially in

the head.

f AVISSA!:. in antiqllity, were, aeeord;ng to Fd!us and

Gellius, eillen,s to kttp water io: but the

f~"ilT.'t

the C,pilol at \tome I\'ere dry eiflerns or fubterraneous

cellars, wherc the)' laid up the old P.atucs, broken

velfds, and other things ufed in the temple. Thefe

were mueh the f.OIe 1·lIth ..hat, in fome

01'

the modern

churehcs, are eallcd tite arehi"es aod Ireoftlly.

fAUN tl Ll A, in

Ro:n~n

antiquity, thm

",~nu.d

fcOirals

io honour of the

g!>d

Faunus; the fidl of which was

obfcrved on the i,!es of

F~hruary,

the feeon" on the

16th of the ealends of fllareh, and the thi,d 00 the

lIonc< of !)cecmblr. Thc princi pal f.,erifices on this

('eeaf,')n

\'lnc

1.00"s and kills. Faltnlts IV:IS a deity of

t!,e Rom,tns only,\ ling wholly ltnknol'ln to theGr.,'ks.

F.\UNS, a kind of rutAl deitics, amon" the "oeicnl

R.,·

mr.n" rep"flntd ..ilh ho",s nn II;-'ir h",lds. rh.1I

pOlOlul ears, o"d tite rdl of thei r

1,lldie~

hle

nO,IIS.

WN, among (ponlitlen,

Io"ek or duc of tite lidI

yeu; or ti"

)O"~C

Loe l,f

l!t~

:':1(:'\

~l evJ

i,t

li S11111

yC:IC•

F E

FE,

(JI'

rs,

th~

capit.tl

of New Mexico: W. IUI,g.

tOYo,

lat.

3(,°.

dr ¡"'C'·/tI,

lite eopi tal of tite kingdom

1\:..

e ran,lda: \V. long·

73°,

1.1.

4°,

ISdn a,dt.

Ioilhopriek and lhe feal of lhe gomnor of the pro.

\ ince, 6c.

ISairo a tOIVOof Spaio, in the provinee of

Gr¡.

naJa. fitllated on lhe ",'er Xemd:

IV.

loog.

3°

4\',

N, la!. ;7"

20'.

is alfo Ihe eapilal of a prol'inee of lhe

f.me

oame,

in Terra Fi,ma in Somh Ameriea, fituated on the

r..

l er ofSe Manha,

200

miles (outh ofCmhdgeoa:

long.

7i o,

lat.

7·

FEALTr, io

I.IW

, ao oalh eakeo on the adm;tIlnee of

any tenant, to be uue

Ihe lord

whom he hold,

his land.

FEAST, or FESTI VAL, ioa religious feofe, is a dayof

fea(ling and Ihankfglving,

Among Ihe aoeients, fea!!s were inOitu!ed upon,..

rious aeeonots, bu t e(reeially in memory of fome f.·

vVl\r~ble

interpofilinn of Providenee. Thus, theJew3

had Iheir ftall of palfover, penteeoll, and labern.:c1es;

Ihe

Gr~l'ks

thl'Ír caealia, pao.tthen:!!a,

&r.

and tite

RonMns Iheir ¡".turnalia, ambarvalia,

ar.

See

PASS'

aYE R, CEREA1. I A,

&e'.

fEATHER, io phyfiology, a gener.1 name for the

cOl'ering of b"ds ; it being eommon to all the animals

of this clafs to have their, whole body, or al leaOthe

gremO pal't of it, eOl'ered \litlt feathers or plun"ge.

FEIlR IFUGE , in medicine, an apellationgireo 10(u

medieioes as mitigate, or remore a fel'er.

FEBRIS, FEVER, in medicine. See FEVER.

FEBRUARY, io ehronology, the

f~eood

mooth of the

year, reekoniog fromJanu, r)', firn

~ddcd

10 the ca·

lendar of Romulus by Numa Pomptllul.

ebruary deri\'es its o:íme from

ebrua, a feanheld

by the Romans in Ihis momh, in behalf of ehe manes

of the deeeafed: ae whieh

eer~tnony

(ACr,lie.s wm

performed , and tbe 1.0 oJlices \Vere paid 10 the Iludes

of the defnn,'!.

February, in a eommonyear, eonfills only of Iwenty·

cighl days; but io the bilfcslilc year. il h.5 l<lent)·

nille, on aecouoe of the inlercaIlAr)'

dl)',

adJeJ thal

year.

. '

FECI:\.LES, or ForC tALls. a eollege of priefls ,.nn"

tUled at Rome uy Nllma, eonliding or tweOlY,

p:d~w,

fclcéled OUt of tile bell f.lntl!.(S

Tlteir builoels <l,S

eo be arbiuators of all maners rel.ling tO

'.H

.IIJ

¡>cace, anJ

the gu.lrdians of the pul'he r."h.

FEE, in Seols I,IIV, figntl¡cs

complete feud ,tl

rn,~,rty.

S"e SrvTS LA\V, title IQ, fl enee,

",l.,'"

the b,tre

lifcrcm of aO)' feudA l fuhjea is meant

c<,"~<'Il

i\ ,

and the a"follltc rro!,""\' tO

th,;!

lIle.t"'.~

"I"efl',d

tllIlS,

to:\

in lir, rent, lnJ tO

1111". .

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'nante ul,J

f,'m,

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dIe

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of inkll" .

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