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Vl-~~

ws. The only di/fcrence

b~lwecn

Ihcm is, Ihat

Ih~

C.v,se

tal

is Hrollgcr, Iarger, and more ferocious.

The cat is a native of almol! e,'ery cOllnlJy in Ihe

world; and all the varieties in their appearance may

rc~(onably

enough,attributed 10 the chmates which

prodllce them. See figu res of Ihe principal fl'ccies of

,he FELl S, on Plate L-XXVIII, LXXIX, and LXXX.

FELKIRK, a town of Aullria, in Gerruany, thirty·Ii,·e

milts fouth·ean of Conaance.

FELLOWSHIP, or COMPANY, in arithmetic. See

AR'TIIMETlC. p.

386.

FELO DE SE, iq law, aperCon that lays deliberatelyviolent

hands on himfelf, and is the occaGon of his unlÍmely

dcath, whether by.hanging, drowning, l!abbing, fhoot–

ing, or any other way.

FELON, in I.w, a rerfon guilty of felony. See FEl ONY.

FELONY,

in I, w, a capital crime, next in degree 10

pe!il !reaCon, and committed with an evil intention

fuch are murder, thefl, fuicide, Codomy, rape,

&c,

FELT, in commerce, a fon of lIu/f deriving all ils con-

fllIence merely from being fulled, or wrollght wilh

lees and flze, wilhout eilher fp:nning or weaving.

Fell is made eilher of wool .Ione, or of wool and

hair. Thofe of French make,

yards long, and

1-}

broad, for c1oaks, pay each

21. 14

T\%-

d. on

importalion

and draw back

d, on ex–

poning the'l1 again.

FELTRI, a town of Italy, fubjea to Venice, thirry.

five mil,s nOrlh of Padua.

FELUCCA, in fea.a/fairs, a litue

reíl'el

with Gx oars,

frequent in the Mediterranean, which has Ihis pecu·

liarilY, thal ils helm may be applied eilher in the heau

Or lIern. as occafion requires.

FEMALE, a terAl peculiar 10 anima!s, fignifying that

fex which conceives and generales ils young wilhin il–

felf.

FEM ININE, in grammar, one of Ihe genders of nouns,

The feminine gender ferves to inlimale Ihal Ihe noun

helongs to Ihe female. In Lalin, the femine gender

moa

commonly dil!inguifhed by Ihe anicle

hite,

il is in Ihe Greek by

In Ihe French, Ihe anicle

commonly denoles this gender; bUI we have no fuch

dillintlion by anicles in Ihe Englifh language.

FEMUR, os rEMoR ls, in analomy. See ANA:roMY,

182.

FEN, a place overflowed wi,h waler, or.abounding wilh

bo·gs.

FENCE, in countrr-affairs, a hedge, wall, dilCh, bank,

or olher inclofure, made around gardens,

wood~,

corno

lields,

&c.

The chief reafon why wood-Iands and plantalions fo

feldom profper, is in a

gre~1

mea(ure owing 10 Ihe ne–

glea offencing them round tokeepout Ihecmle. This

neglea prevai:s ",ueh in Ihe nOrlhern pans of Ihis

iOand, though the ufe of fences is ceminly morc ne–

celJ'ary Ihere ,han in Ihe (oulh, as Ihe lands rcquire

mr.re

fhd ler and warnnh . There are fevecal way,

of fencing bnds, but Ihe "Cual is d¡a¡ of

hcdgin~

wi,h ri,he. white or black Ihoro, crab, holl)', ald",

furze,

6c,

fENC~

MON.TI'

t~,e

nWDth ",herein

d~er

begin 10 f,,,,n,

dunng wlllch "

unl.wful

hunt in ¡he torca.

commcnces fif,een days before mid.fummer, and

end! fi fleen days aftu il. This momh, by aDcienl

foren rs is called ddence·month.

FENCING, Ihe art of mRking a proper ufe of ,heCword,

as well for anacking an enemy, as fo r d&nding ont's

felf.

FENNEL, in botany. See ANE1HUM,

FEOO, Ihe (ame with fee, See Fu.

FEOOAL, and FEODATORY. SceFEu DAL, and FEu-

D.\TORY.

FEOFFMENT, in law, is a gifl or graO! of any ma.

nors, melJ'uages, lands, or ,enemenlS, 10 anolher in ffe;

thal is, 10 him and his heirs for ever, by delivery of

feifin, and polJ'cffion of Ihe eaate graDled.

FER,iE, in zoology, an order of quadrqpeds, Ihe diain.

guifhing charaaers of which are, thal all Ihe animals

belonging 10 il have fi)( fore leeth 1n each jollV, and Ihe

canine, or dog.teelh, conflderably long.

Under this order are compnhended Ihe following

genera,

viz.

the phoca, canis, felis, viverra, muaela,

urCus, didelphis, lalpa, forex, and erinaceus.

See

CAN' S, FH' S,

6&.

FERALIA, in anliquily, a feaival obfemd among ¡he

RomaDs on February : la, or, according 10 Ovid, on

the

71h of Ihal monlh, in honour of the manesof Iheir

deceaCed friends and rdalions. Ouring Ihe ceremony,

which cor.fiaed in making prerem! allheir graves, mar.

riafcs were fo,bidden, aDd the lemples of Ihe divini–

ties fhut up

becauCe Ihey fancied Ihal, during Ihis

feaival, Ihe ghoas fuffered no pains in hell, but were

permitted to wander about Iheir graves, and feal! up '

on Ihe meats prepared for Ihem.

FER DE FOURCHE TTE, in heraldry, a crors having at

each end a forked iron, like Ihal formerly ufed by fol·

diers 10 rdl Iheir mufquels on.

difl'ers from Ihe

erofs fourché, Ihe ends of which turo fo,ked, where.

as this has Ihal

(O"

of fork fixed upon Ihe (quare eod.

Sce Plale LXXX. lig.

FER DE MOUL'N,

milrind~,

il/A,

¿,

m'lrlin,

in Re.

raldry, is a bearing fuppo(ed to repreCenl ,he iron-ink

or ink of a mili, which (ullains Ihe moving mill·llone.

FEROEN, or VERDEN, \!cily ofGermany, fuhje&l()

Hanover; it is fllualcd in lower Saxony, on Ihe river

Alla, tlvenly fllt miles foulh eal! ofBremen: E. loo.

9~,

andN. la!.

S;o,{

FERENTARII, in Roman anliquity, "'cre auxiliary.

troops, lighdy armed; Iheir IVcapons being a fword,

bow, 3rro\\'s, and a Oing.

FERETINO, a ci,y and bifhop's (ee

oC'

¡,,¡y,

abont

(¡(IY miles cal! ofRome: E, long"

14°

S',

anJ N.lal,

45',

FER

1lE,

in Roman anliquity, holid"ys, or da)'s npon

which Ihey abOained from 1V0rk.

'Che Ronuns had I\VO

k~nds

of feri:!::

l .

The public,

CDmmon 10 alllhe reople lO general.

n le privale,

which " ere only kepl by fome private f, milies.

TI,e public fl'rix were fourfold :

l .

Slatil'x feri:r,

ho!iJ.\ys which always fell OUI "pon Ihe fa:ue day of

¡he