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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ plume of birds
FE'ATURE, _s._ the cast or make of the face; any lineament or single
part of the face
FE'ELING, _s._ the sense of touch; sensibility; tenderness; perception
FERMENTA'TION, _s._ a slow motion of the particles of a mixed body,
arising usually from the operation of some active acid matter; as
when leaven or yeast ferments bread or wort
FERO'CITY, _s._ savageness; wildness; fierceness
FE'RTILE, _a._ fruitful; abundant; plenteous
FERTI'LITY, _s._ abundance; fruitfulness
FE'STAL, _a._ festive; joyous; gay
FE'STIVAL, _a._ time of feast; anniversary-day of civil or religious joy
FESTO'ON, _s._ In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form
of a wreath or garland of flowers or leaves twisted together
FEU'DAL, _a._ dependant; held by tenure
FI'BRE, _s._ a small thread or string
FI'CTION, _s._ a fanciful invention; a probable or improbable invention;
a falsehood; a lie
FIDE'LITY, _s._ honesty; faithful adherence
FI'GURE, _s._ shape; person; stature; the form of anything as terminated
by the outline
FI'LIAL, _a._ pertaining to a son; befitting a son; becoming the
relation of a son
FI'RMAMENT, _s._ sky; heavens
FLA'GON, _s.


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