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FID.i , a town on ,he IIm·coafi of Guinea:

;., N. lat.

ó·,

lunS. FIFTH, in muGc. one of the harmonical iotemls or

FlOD, in thc fc.llanguoge, an iron, or

wo~dcn

pin, to

(¡,Iice andfallen

rop~s

togclher.

r' OO ·H.lMMER, one

WhO[é

haodle is a fidd, or made ta·

p" wi[c,

FIDDLE. See

V'OL'S .

f10El COMMIssnl, in Rnman antiquity, an efiate le(t

in tru:l with one perCon, for the ufe of another. See

TRUSTH .

FIDICINALES, muCcb of the 6ngers. See Lu

CAL

ts.

concords. See Musl c.

Fle;, or fig·tree. See Flcus .

FIGWORT, a plant called by the botanifis fcrophularia.

See SCR OPH ULAR IA.

F¡GURAL, FIGURATE, or FIGURATIVE, a term

applied

whatever is exprefi'ed by ob[cure re[em

bldnces. The word is chicOy applied tO the types

ano myUeries of the Mo[aic law; as al[o to any ex·

prcfiion whch is not taken in ilS primary and literal

fen[e.

}'IEr, or FE E.

See

Fu.

}'IELO, in .griculture, a piece

whether for tilhgc or pafiu re.

FIGURE, in phyfics, exprelfes the [urface or termina·

ting extremities of any body.

of ground inclofed, FIG URES, in arithmetic, are cenain charaélers whereby

Fl eLO , in heraldry, is the the whole Currace of the

fll;eld, or the continent,

" lIed becau[e it contaioe,h

thoCe atchievements anciently acquired in the field of

Latde.

is the ground

which the colours, bear·

iogs, metals, furs, charges,

6e.

are repre(ented. A·

mong the modéro heralds, neld is leCs frequently ufed

in blnoning than fhield or efCU!eheon. See the aro

tick SH'ELO,

&e.

FtELO BOOK, in fun'eying, that wherein the angles,

fiations, dillances,

6e.

are fct down .

ri ELO' COLOURS, in war. are Cmall Oags ofabout a foot

and half (quare, whieh are carried along with the

quaner.maller general, for marking out the grouod for

the Cquadrons and battali?ns.

F"E~O ' I'ARE,

in ornithology. See TUROU' .

F,no·orFl cHS, in the art of war. See

OFFtCER.

FIELO P'ECE S, fmall cannons, from three to twelve

pounders, carried along with an army in the neld.

FIELD 'S TA H,

weapon carried by the gunners, aboU!

Ihe length

a halLen, with a [pear at the end; ha·

ving on eaeh fide em Cerewed on, like the

co~k

nlalch·lock , where the sunners ferewin lighted match·

es, ",hen they are upon command; and then the neld·

fiafi's are faid to be armed.

F'ELo·wous, in (ortification, are thoCe thrown up by

an army in befieging a (omeCs, or by the befieged tO

defend the place. Such are the fOrtificatioosofcamp5,

highway"

6(.

Elyjian

FIELo s. See ELYS'AN.

f1ERI FACIAS, io

Iaw,

a writ that lies where a pero

fdn has recovered judgment for debt or d.mages in the

king's COUtlS againfi ooe, by which the fherilF is com·

mand~d

tOlevy thc debt and damases

the defen·

dant's goods and chmels.

}'[rE, in muGe, is a Con uf wind·infirument, Leing a

Cmall

pip~.

See

PE.

}'I

FE,

in geography, a coun,y of Seotland bounded by

the Fritli of 1'ay on the nonh; by the German fca on

óc ean-; by the Fritho( Fonh

the Couth; and by

Montecth and Stirling on the wcfi.

FI I'F.·RAILS, in a nlip, are ,hofe ,hat >re placed on

banillers, on

c.eh

fide o( the tOP of t:ie puop, and lu

~Iong

with hanees or f,lIs.

Thcy reach clown to the q'.!1rter·dcek. and tO the

/lair

thc c,ng·lI'<ly.

we denote any number which may be exprelfed by ,ny

combination of the nine digits,

6e.

See ARI" H'

METlC.

FI GURE, among divines, is

u[~d

for Ihe mylleries repre

(eOled under cenain

~pes.

FI GURE, in dancing, denotes the[evml lIeps which the

daneer makes in order and eadenee, eonfidmd as they

mark eenain figures on tl.e Boor.

FIGURE, in painting and defigning, denotes the lines and

eolours which

(0' 01

th~

repr& ntation of any animal,

but more panieul.rly of a human perfonase.

FI GUR'E, in eompofition. See ALLEGOR.V,ApOSTlo·

PHE, HVPE RBOLE, PERSONlfJCATION,

&c,

FIGURED, in general, fomething marked with figures.

The term figurcd is chieOy . pplied tOfiuff's, wherc·

on the figu res o( fio"'crs, and the like,

are

either

wrought or Uamped.

FILAMENT, in phyfiology and anatomy. See FIRRE.

FILAMENT~,

amons bo,anills, i¡ panicularly ufed for

the lIamina. See BOTANV, Seél. 11.

FILBERT. or F'LBERO, the fruit of the corylus,

haze!. See Co R

YLUS.

FILE. among Dleehanies.

tool ufed in metal,

6e.

order to fmooth, polifh, or cu'.

. .

This inUrument isof iroo, or forged lIeel, CUt

I,t·

tle furrow" wi,h ehilfels aod a mallet, this and t:nt

IVa)', aod of this or that dep,h, aecordJ>g tO the grain

or tOueh required. A(ter euning the Ii:e. it mull be

tempered with a eompofition

ehimney [OOt,

v.ry

hard and dry. diluted, and wrought up

ith urine. vi·

negar, and Calt ; the whole being redue,d to ,he eo?·

fillence of

mull.rd.

Tempering the files confins.

rubbing them over " ith this compDli,ion, and covenng

them in loam; after which they are put in a

ch~f(oal

fire, and taken out by that time they have acqUlred a

chmy colour, which is koo. n by a [mall rod of the

fame Heel pUt in along with them. !leing t,ken out

of thefire, they arethrown into col.! (pring'lVattr; and

when cold, Ihey are c1e,ncd lI';th chdfcOJI anJ a r,lg;

and beinE clean and dry, are kcp: (rom

ron

IIY'ng

thcm up in " heat bran. Iron files require more hoto

in~

than lIeel ones. Files are o( dlñeren!

C~rms, ~w,

eu!s, anJ degrees o( finenefs, aeeol dlOg

the d,acreot

IIC,S and occalions (or II'hich ,hev are m.lde.

Y' LE, in ,he:ln of lI'ar, a row

or'

CuIJ'élS, fldnJing one

bchind anotocr, whieh is thc depth of the bJt!Jhon