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F O R

'FONTAmE,

town of

H.in.lt

fiftc~n

miles eall of

Moos.

FO TAINERLEAU, a .ilhge of lhe ine of Fraoce,

abOUl thiny mil"s Coulh-e.1l

Paris; remarkable for

ao clegaot roy,1palace.

EoNTANELLAo io aoatomy, lbe quadrangular apero

IOre, bel"eeo the

fronus aod olfa fincipitis, in io·

fams jull born.

FONTARABIA, a port·towo of Spaio, in the province

of BiCcay, tweoty miles " ell of Bayoone:

long.

.' 35':

,nd 'N. lat.

43'

20'.

FONTENAYLE, a tO"n of Orleanois, in France, a·

bout Conv·fix miles " ell of Poiéliers.

FONTENOYo a tOlOn of Hainah, fituated three miles

(outh .all of Touroay.

FONTEVRAUD, or

Ord" o[

FONTEVRAUD, a reli

gious order inllituted about the latrer end of the

Xhh

ccolury. By the rules of lhisorder the nuos were 10

keep fil.nce for ever, and their faces 10 he always cover·

ed with lheir veils;

and

Ihe monks wore a leathero

girdle, at which huog a knife and Ibeath.

FONTICULUS o or FONTANELLA, io furgery, an iC.

fue, Ceton o or (mall ulcer made in various p, rrs of the

body, io order 10 eliminate the Ialenl corruptioo OUt

of it.

FONTINALIS, iD botany. a genus of the cryptogamia

mu(ci daCs. The aothera is operculaled, and Ihe ca·

Jyptra is CeOile. There are Cour fpecies, all natives of

Britain,

viz.

Ihe aOlipyretica, or grearer waler-moCs;

the minor, or Idrer water.moCs; Ihe CquamoCa, or fc,ly

water-mofs ; ano the-pennara, or feathered water-mofs.

FOOD implies whatever aliments are taken ioto the bo·

dy, tO nourilb it. See MEDICINE

FOOL, accordiog t? Mr Locke, is a perfon who makes

falfe coodufions from right principies; whereas amad·

man,

the contrary, draIVs right coodufioos

Irom

wrong principIes.

FOOL'S ITONES. in botany. See ORCHIS.

FOOT, a part of the body of moll animals whereoo

Ihey lIand, IValk,

&c.

See NATURAL HtSTOU.

FOOT o inanatomy. See ANATOMV, pan

}'OOT, in Ihe Latin andoGreek poeuyo amme

mea·

fure, compo(ed of a cerraio number of loog ,nd Ibort

fyllables.

Thefe feet are commonly reckoned tIVenty.eight, of

which fome are fimple, as confifliog of IIVO or three

fylJables, aod tbererore called dilfyllabic or trifyllabic

fm; others are compouod, confilling of fou r (ylla.

bies, aod are tberefore callea tetrafyllabic fect.

The dilfylabic feél are four in number,

viz.

Ihe

pyrrhichius, fpondeus, iambus, and trocheus. See

PVHHICHIUI,

&c.

The tri(yllabic feet are eight in t1Umber,

vito

the

dallylus, anapzfius, tribrachys, mololfus, amphybra.

ehys, amphimacer, baccruus, and anlibacchius. See

DAcTvL,

&c.

The tetra(yllabic are in number fi xteen,

viz.

the

p~.ocJeu(maticlIl,

di(pondeus, choriambus,

anli(ranu~,

(jll~mblls,

dicho"us, ionicus a majore, innicus

mI'

<IOre, epitritus primus, epilrilus (ecundus, epiultus

VOL ,

ll.

No. 51.

t6nius,

~pitritlll

qllanlll, pzoo rrimllS, ptton fWln.

duso p:eoo tertius, and preon qU3rtU,. Se. Pto.

CLEUSMATICUS,

&c.

FOOT is alCo a long mea(ure o confilling of

inches.

Geometricians di. ide the fool into

digil', and

Ihe digil into lolines.

FOOT

19/1.",

is 'Ihe (ame mea(ure bOlh in breadth.and

lengtho cont.ining 144 (qum Or (uperfiwl inches.

C.hic

S,lid

FOOT, is the (ame lO<a(¡lre in all

th~

three dimenfions, length, breadth, and depth or .!hick·

ne(socootaining

1728

cubic inches.

FOOT

of .

h'rje,

in the menage, the eXlr<mity of

the leg, from the coronet tO \he lower pan of Ihe

hoof.

FOOT LEV EL,am9ng artificers, an inllrument that (erves

as a foot-rula, a fquare, aod a level. See L!VH.

RULs,

and SIlUAR-E .

FORAMEN, io anatomy, a name given 10 feveral apero

tures or perfomions in dive" pans of the body; as,

l .

The external and inlernal fordmina of Ihe craniulll

or Ikull.

2 .

The foramioa, in me upper and lower jaw.

3·

Foramen lachrymale.

Foramen membrana: Iym–

paoi. See ANATOM V.

FORCALQYIER, a IOIVn of Provence,

F-rante.

thiny miles

non~

of Aix.

FORCE, in mechanics odenotes the cauCe of the change

iD Ihe lIate of a body when being al rell it begins to

mo,e, or has

motioo which is either not.'lDiform or

not direél. See MECHANIC'.

Cenlr.1

FORCES. See MECHANICS.

FORCE, in law, lignifies any uolawful violcoce·offered

tO things or per(ons.

FORCEPS, in furgery,

&c.

pair of Ccilfars for cuning

off, or dividing, the flelby membraoeoul part! of tbe

body,

occafion reguires. See SURCHY.

FORE·CASTLE

OF A

IHIP, Ihat pat( where the

for~.

mall lIands.

di.ided from

the

rell by a bulk–

head.

FOREIGN, fome .thiog extrane-oUI, or Ihat comes from

abroad.

FOREIGNER, the natural born fubje& to fome foreigQ

prince.

Fore,ignels, tho' made denizens,

naturalized, are

di(abled to bear any oflice in the goverment, tO be of

the privy council, or members of parliament,

er.

This is by the aéls of!he (enlemeol of Ihe croWD.

Such perfons as are nOI freemen of a city, or corpo·

ration. are alfo caJled foreigaers, 10 dlfiinguilh them

from the members of the (ame.

FORELOCKS, in the fea language, Iinle fiat wedges

made with iron, ufed al the endl of bolts, tO uep

them from fl ying OUI of Iheir holes.

FORELORN·HOPE,. in the .military arto figni6es men

delached from feveralregimenls, or otherwife appolnt·

.d, 10

m.ke

Ihe firfi attack in day of banle ; or, at a

fiege, 10 fiorm the counter(carpe, mount Ihe breach,

or Ihe like.

They are (o caJled from Ihe great danger they are

lInavoidably expo(ed tO; but the 1V0rd is old, and be·

gins tO be ob(olete.

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FORE.