Fairbairn
Fairbairn, Sir William, Bart., Was B. At Kelso, In Roxburgshire, In 1789. Hav Ing Learned A Little Reading, Writing, And Arithmetic At The Parish School Of Mullochy, In Ross-shire, And Afterwards Got Some Six Months' Instruction From An Uncle, He Was Apprenticed To An Engine-wright At Percymain Colliery, North Shields. ...
Fairs
Fairs (foire, From Lat, Forum, A Market Place, Or Ferice, Holidays), Great. Periodical Markets, Some Of Which Are Chiefly Devoted To One Kind Of Merchandise, While Others, Of A Wider Scope, Afford Opportunity For Most Of The Sales And Purchases Of A District. F. Have Long Been Regularly Held In ...
Fairy Rings
Fairy Rings Are Spots Or Circles In Pastures, Which Are Either More Bare Than The Rest Of The Field, Or More Green And Luxuriant. Frequently A Bare Ring Appears, Like A Footpath, With Green Grass In The Center, And The Circle Which The Ring Forms, Or Of Which It Might ...
Faith
Faith Is Used By Theologians In Various Senses. It Is Sometimes Taken To Denote The Mere Assent Of The Understanding To A Set Of Facts Or Of Propositions Set Before It; It Is More Peculiarly Used To Express The Living Reception By The Heart Of The "truth As It Is ...
Faizabad
Faizabad, A Division In British India Comprising The Districts Of Faiztibtid, Gonda, And Bharaich; 7,671 Sq.m.; Pop. '68, 3,379,262, Of Whom 3,028,502 Were Hindus. Faizailid, A District In Oude, British India, Between The Gogra And Gumti Rivers; 1649 Sq.m.; Pop. 1,024,092. Ajodbya, The Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom Of Oude, ...
Fakir
Fakir', A Word Derived From The Arabic Faliar (poor), And Designating A Member Of An Order Of Mendicants Or Penitents, Chiefly In India And The Neighboring Countries. In Persia And Turkey, The Word Is Also Used For Moslem Priests And Dervishes (see Denvisii). The Origin Of Fakirism, An Institution Which ...
Falasiias
Fal'asiias (i.e., Exiles), The Degenerate Jews Of Abyssinia, Found In Considerable Numbers In The Provinces W. Of Takazze. It Is Doubtful Whether They Are To Be Ethnologically Identified With The Seed'of Abraham, Or Regarded, Like The Khazars Of The 8tn C., As, For The Most Part, Mere Proselytes To Judaism. ...
Falcon
Falcon, Falco, In The Linnmn Zoology, A Genus Of Birds, Including All The Diurnal Birds Of Prey, Now Known As The Family Of Falconiche; But In Its Present Use As A Generic Name, Limited To Nearer Accordance With Its Popular Use, As A Designation, Of Those Spe Cies Which, In ...
Falconide
Falconi'de, A Family Of Diurnal Birds Of Prey (see Accipitres), Corresponding With The Linnan Genus Faleo, And Exhibiting Those Characters Of Muscular Vigor, Arma Ture Of Beak And Talons, And Power Of Flight, Which Are To Be Found In Their Highest Per Fection In The True Falcons (q.v.), And In ...
Falconry
Falconry, The Term Applied To The Art Of Training Certain Of The Falcon Tribes To The R- U T And Capture, On The Wing, Of Birds Such As The Heron, Partridge, Lark, Rook, Magpie, Will Luck, Pigeon, Etc. In Ancient Times, This Sport Was Called Hawking, A Term Still Preserved ...
Falkind
Falkind, Lucius Cary, Viscount, Was B., It Is Believed, At Burford, In Oxford Shire, In 1010, And Educated First At Trinity College, Dublin—his Father, Henry Cary, Viscount F., Being At That Time Lord-deputy Of Ireland—and Afterwards At St. John's College, Cambridge. Even During His Father's Lifetime He Enjoyed An Ample ...
Falkirk
Falkirk, A Scottish Parliamentary Burgh, Finely Situated On A Rising Ground In The Midst Of A Populous Mineral And Manufacturing District In Stirlingshire, And Overlook Ing An Expansive "earse," Through Which The River Forth, With Its Beautiful Landscapes And Constant Life Of Sailing-vessels, Slowly Winds Its Devious Way. F. Consists ...
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands, The Only Considerable Cluster In The South Atlantic, Lie About 300 M. To The E.n.e. Of The Strait Of Magellan, Stretching In S. Lat. From 51° To 52° 30', And In W. Long. From 57° 40' To 61° 20'. After Having Successively Belonged To France And Spain, They ...
Fall
Fall. The Doctrine Of The F. Is The Doctrine Of The Historical Introduction Of Evil Into The World, As Described In The Third Chapter Of The Book Of Genesis. The Statement Of This Chapter, In Its Natural And Obvious Meaning, Is To This Effect, That The Serpent, Which "was More ...
Fallacy
Fallacy. The Incorrect Performance Of The Process Of Reasoning, So As To Lead To Error, Is Said To Be A Fallacy. The Science Of Logic Reduces Sound Reasoning To Certain Rules, And When Any Of These Rules Is Violated, A Logical Fallacy Is The Result. There Is Always Included In ...
Falling Bodies
Falling Bodies. Owing To Gravity (q.v.), All Terrestrial Bodies, If Unsupported, Fall, Or Move Towards The Earth's Center. When A Falling Body Is Absolutely Without Support, It Is Said To Fall Freely, As Distinguished From Oue Descending An Inclined Plane Or Curved Surface. We Shall Here Consider The Two Cases ...
Fallow
Fallow (from The Same Root As Ger. Fed Or Falb, Lat. Fulvus, Expressing A Pale Dun, Tawny Color). This Word Sometimes Signifies Waste, Untilled Land; But Usually It Is Applied To Land That Is Plowed And Otherwise Stirred, For A Season Without Being Cropped. The Most Of The Wheat Raised ...
Fallow Deer
Fallow Deer (dama Vulgaris Or Cercus Dama), A Species Of Deer Well Known In Britain, Being Eery Commonly Kept In Parks, As It Is Also In Most Parts Of Europe. It Is Probably A Native Of The Countries Around The Mediterranean, And Has Been Introduced By Man Into The More ...
Familiar Spirits
Familiar Spirits, A Term Employed To Denote Certain Supernatural Beings, In Attendance Upon- Magicians, Wizards, Witches, Conjurors, And Other Skillful Professors Of The Black Art. The Word " Familiar" Is In All Likelihood Derived From The Latin Famu /us (a A " Slave"). The Belief In Such Spirits Goes Far ...
Family
Family (lat. Familia). Though We Are In The Habit Of Regarding The Life Of Anti Quity, And More Particularly That Of Greece, As Less Domestic Than That Of Christian Europe (and Probably With Reason), The Idea Of The Family Or House (gr. Oilths), As The Nucleus Of Society, As The ...
Famines
Famines Has Been Supposed To Furnish A Needful Check Upon An Inordinate Growth Of Population; And With That View, They Have Been Deemed Useful Regulators Of The Universe. A Table, Recently Prepared By Cornelius Walford, Read Before The Statistical Society Of London In 1878 And 1879, And Published Under The ...
Fanariots
Fanariots, The General Name Given To The Greeks Inhabiting The Fanar Or Fanal In Constantinople, A Quarter Of The City Which Takes Its Name From The Beacon (gr. Phanarion) Situated In It. They First Appear In History After The Taking Of Constantinople By The Turks, And Appear To Have Been ...
Fanners
Fanners, A Machine Employed To Winnow Grain. In Passing Through The Machine, The Grain Is Rapidly Agitated In A Sieve, And Falling Through A Strong Current Of Wind, Created By A Rotatory Fan, The Chaff Is Blown Out At One End, And The Cleansed Particles Fall Out At An Orifice ...
Farce
Farce, A Dramatic Piece Of A Low Comic Character.- The Difference Between It And Comedy Proper Is One Of Degree, And Not Of Kind. The Aim Of Both Is To Excite Mirth; But While The Former Does So By A Comparatively Faithful Adherence To Nature And Truth, The Latter Assumes ...
Farm Buildings
Farm Buildings. Each Farm Must Possess A Residence For The Farmer, Cottages For The Servants, And Buildings For The Stock And Crop. The Farm-house Should Be Com Modious And Plain, And Of Considerable Extent. The Cottages For The Servants Should Also Be Plain And Roomy, And Internal Convenience Should Be ...
Farmers General
Farmers-general (fr. Fermiers-generaux) Was The Name Given Before The Revolution Of 1789 To The Members Of A Privileged Association In France, Who Farmed Or Leased The Public Revenues Of The Nation. This Peculiar System Of Tax-gathering Dates From An Ancient Period. For Each Class Of Imposts There Was A Special ...
Faroe Isles
Faroe Isles (dan. Faar-oen, Sheep-islands), A Group Of Islands, 22 In Number, Of Which 17 Only Are Inhabited, Belonging To Denmark, And Lying Nearly Midway Between The Shetlands And Iceland, Between 61° 25' To 62' 25' N. Lat., And 6° To 8° W. Long. The Principal Island, Stromoe (capital, Thorshavn), ...
Fascination By Serpents
Fascination By Serpents. A Power Has Long Been Popularly Ascribed To Ser Pents, Or At Least To Sonic Kinds Of Them, Of Fascinating By Their Eye The Small Animals On Which They Prey, So As To Prevent The Escape Of The Intended Victim, When Its Escape Would Otherwise Be Easy, ...
Fashion
Fashion, Or, As The French Term It, La Mode, Admits As Little Of Exact Definition As Of Being Referred To Any Intelligible Principle. In Every Age And Country, There Has Been A Recognizable Costume Or General Style Of Male And Female Attire, Along With Cer Tain Niceties In The Shape, ...
Fasti
Fasti. Fas, In Latin, Signifies Divine Law, And Fa,stus, Anything In Accordance With Divine Law. Hence The Dies Fasti, Or Lawful Days, Among The Romans, Were The Days On Which It Was Lawful To Transact Business Before The Praetor. But The Sacred Books, In Which The Lawful Days Of The ...
Fathers Of The Church
Fathers Of The Church (patres Ecclesiastics), Certain Early Writers Of The Christian Church. The Term Abba, Grxcized Cil3licz5 (father), In Use Among The Talmudists As A Synonym Of Rabbi (my Master), And Constituting, According To Maimonides, The Third Or Lowest Honorary Title Of A Doctor Of The Divine Law, Was ...
Faust
Faust, Da., According To Tradition, A Celebrated Dealer In The Black Art, Frequently Confounded With The Preceding, Was B. At Knittlingen, In Wfirtemberg, Or, As Some Say, At Roda Near Weimar. He Flourished During The Latter Half Of The 15th And The Beginning Of The 16th Centuries, And Is Said ...
Favart
Favart, Crrattles Sinion, A French Dramatist, Was B. At Paris, 13th Nov., 1710, And First Became Known By His La Cherelteuse D'esprit, Performed In 1741. In 1745, He Married Mdllc. Duronceray, Herself A Dramatic Writer Of Some Note, And A Singer Of Remarkable Talent, And In The Same Year Became ...
Fawkes
Fawkes, Guy (properly Guido), The Head Of The Conspiracy Known By The Name Of The Gunpowder Plot, Was Born Of A Protestant Family In Yorkshire, In The Year 1570. Ile Became A Roman Catholic At An Early Age, And Served In The Spanish Army In The Netherlands. Inspired With Fanatical ...
Fe Re Nature
Fe Re Nature (lat. Of A Wild Nature). Those Animals Which Flee The Dominion Of Man, Whether Beast, Bird, Or Fish, And Retain Their Natural Freedom, Are Thus Charac Terized In The Roman Law. According To That System, Such Animals Became The Property Of Any One Who Might Catch Them, ...
Fear
Fear, Dlvsta Of, Or Panpiiobia. There Are Many Morbid Manifestations Of The Instinct Of Cautiousness. Sudden Fear In Sleep, Horrible Dreams, Nightmare, Sleep Walking, Have Been Regarded As Symptoms Of A Special Disease. Actual Terror From Irregular Circulation In The Sensory Ganglia; The Sense Of Falling Or Drowning In Cardiac ...
Feathers
Feathers, A Complicated Modification Of The Tegumentary System Forming The Exter Nal Covering Or Plumage Of Birds, And Peculiar To This Class Of Animals. Notwithstand Ing The Varieties Of Size, Strength, And Color, All F. Are Composed Of A Quill Or Barrel; A Shaft; And A Vane, Beard, Or Web, ...
Fecundation
Fecundation (ante). One Of The Most Interesting Subjects Of Philosophical Inquiry Is That Of Insect Fertilization Of Plants. Naturalists Hate Long Been Aware Of The Fact That Pistillate Flowers, Whether Growing On The Same Trees With The Stfaninate, Or On Different Trees (moncecious Or Dicecious), Owe Their Fertilization To The ...
Federal Government
Federal Government (lat. Fcecleratus, Bound By Treaty, From Fcedus, A Treaty). When Several States, Otherwise Independent, Bind Themselves Together By A Treaty, So As To Present To The External World The Aspect Of A Single State, Without Wholly Renouncing Their Individual Powers Of Internal Self-government, They Are Said To Form ...
Federal Government_2
Federal Government (ante), A Body-politic Composed Of The People Of Sev Eral Different And In Some Respects Independent States, Over Which, In Its Own Prescribed Sphere, It Exerts A Supreme Authority; While Outside Of That Sphere The States And The People Thereof Are Sovereign Within Their Respective Jurisdictions. The Character ...
Federal Theology
Federal Theology Is The Result Of Efforts To Compress The Doctrines Of Chris Tianity Within The Bounds Of Certain Covenants Conceived Of As Made Between God And Men. The Essential Idea Of An Ordinary Covenant—that Of A Mutual Compact Between Two Parties By Which Each Engages To Render Some Benefit ...
Federalists
Federalists, The Earliest Political Party Organized In The United States After The Achievement Of Liberty. The Leaders Were Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Jay, Marshall, And Others Of Their Rank And Ability. In The French Revolution, The Federalists Sympa Thized Rather With England Than With The Party Of Marat And Robespierre; And'this ...
Fee And Life Rent
Fee And Life-rent (in The Law Of Scotland)—the First Of Which Is The Full Right Of Proprietorship, The Second The Limited Right Of Usufruct During Life—may Be Held Together, Or May Co-exist In Different Persons At The Same Time. The Settling Of The Limits Of The Rights Which In The ...
Fees
Fees. Neither Barristers Nor Physicians Could Recover Their Fees By Legal Proceed Ings Against Their Clients Or Patients, Except Under A Special Contract. The Ground Of This Rule Was That They Are Regarded Not As Payment, But As An Expression Of Gratitude For Services The Value Of Which Cannot Be ...
Feetee Fiji
Fiji, Feetee, Or Viii Islands, An Archipelago Of About 312 Islands In The Southern Pacific Ocean, Situated In Lat. To 20° 30' 5., And Long. 177° To 178° West. The Group,. Which Has A Total Area Of 8,034 Sq.m., Almost Equal To That Of Wales, Was Discovered In 1646 By ...
Feigning
Feigning Of Disease Is Much Practiced In The Army And Navy, And Also By Con Victs And Others Anxious To Escape From Discipline, Or Procure A Discharge From Compulsory Service. In The Army, It Is Technically Called Malingering. The Detection Of Feigned Disease,- Of Course, Necessarily Belongs To The Highly ...
Feldspar
Feldspar (ger. Feldspath, Field-spar), A Mineral Extremely Abundant In Almost All Parts Of The World. It Is A Principal Constituent Of Many Rocks, As Granite; Gneiss, Greenstone, Trachyte, Etc.; And Clays Seem Very Generally To Have Resulted, At Least In Great Part, From Its Decomposition, It Occurs Both Massive And ...
Felix
Fe'lix (porn) I.-iv.—fentx I., Reckoned The 26th In The Succession Of Popes, Suc Ceeded Dionysius In The See Of Rome Probably In The Year 269. His Pontificate Is Chiefly Interesting As An Early Example Of The Relations Of The Christian Church To The Roman Empire, And Of The Recognition By ...
Felix Dujardin
Dujardin, Felix, 1801-60; B. Tours, France; Studied Mathematics And Geology, But Was Induced By Dutrochet To Turn His Attention To Zoology. His Specialty Was Infusoria, Concerning Which He Arrived At Conclusions Different From Those Of Ehrenberg. He Was Professor At Toulouse And At Rennes, And Wrote A Number Of Works ...
Fellows
Fellows, Sir Charles, An Antiquary Of Considerable Reputation, Was B. At Notting Ham In 1799. In The Beginning Of 1838, He Commenced Those Travels In The East By Means Of Which His. Name Has Been Brought So Prominently Into Public Notice. His Researches Were Chiefly Confined To The Western Peninsula ...
Felo De Se
Fe'lo-de-se, In English Law, Is Where A Man, Of The Age Of Discretion, And Compos Mentis, Voluntarily Kills Himself. " No Man," Says Sir M. Hale (pl. Of The Or. 411), " Hath The Absolute Interest Of Himself, But 1st, God Almighty Has An Interest And Propriety In Him, And ...
Felon And Felony
Felon And Felony. The Etymology Of The Word Felon Has Given Rise To Much Difference Of Opinion. By The Majority Of The Most Reliable Lexicographers, It Is Sup Posed To Have A Common Root With Fail, And Its Original Signification Was Supposed To Be A Vassal Who Failed In His ...
Felstone
Felstone, A Name Introduced By Prof. Sedgwick To Designate Those Rocks Which Are Composed, Either In Whole Or To A Large Extent, Of Felspar. When They Consist Of A Com Pact And Apparently Amorphous Felspar, They Are Known As Trachytes—a Variety Of This Rock, Which Splits Into Small Slabs, That ...
Femur
Femur, The Thigh-bone In Human Anatomy. In General Terms, It Consists Of A Shaft Very Slightly Curved, And Two Extremities. The Upper Extremity Bears Two Projections, Called The Greater And Lesser Trochanters, For The Attachment Of Muscles, And A Short Neck, Nearly At Right Angles To The Shaft, Terminated By ...
Fences
Fences, In Agriculture, Serve The Twofold Purpose Of Inclosing Animals On Pasture Grounds, And Of Protecting Land From Animals. They Are Formed Of A Great Variety Of Materials, And Of Very Different Structure. In Countries Where Wood Or Stones Are Scarce, More Especially Where They Have Been Long Settled, Hedges, ...
Fencing
Fencing May Be Described, For A General Definition, As The Art Of Defending One's Own Body Or Assailing Another Person's In Fair Fight By The Aid Of A Side-weapon—i.e., By A Sword, Rapier, Or Bayonet. Technically, F. Is Usually Limited To The Second Of These; And Works On The Art ...
Fenern
Fenern, An Island In The Prussian Province Of Schleswig-holstein, Taken From Den Mark In 1864. It Is Separated From Holstein By A Strait Called The Femern Sound, Has An Area Of 70 Sq.m., And A Pop. Of About 10,000. The Island Is Flat, Fruitful, And Destitute Of Wood. Agriculture, Fisheries, ...
Fenian Society
Fe'nian Society, A Political Association Of Irish Or Irish-americans, The Object Of Which Is The Overthrow Of The English Authority In Ireland, And The Establishment Of A Republic. The Etymology Of The Name Has Been The Subject Of Some Discussion. It Is Traced To The Ancient Irish Military Organization Called ...
Fennel
Fennel, Fceniculurn, A Genus Of Umbelliferous Plants, Allied To Dill (q.v.), But Dis Tinguished By The Cylindrical Strongly Ribbed Fruit. The Flowers Are Yellow. All The Species Are Aromatic, And Have Much, Divided Leaves With Thread-like Segments. The Best Known Is The Common F. (b. Vulgare), A Native Of The ...
Fenrir
Fenrir, In Norse Mythology, The Offspring Of Loki (the Evil Genius) And Augur Boda (anguish-boding), A Giantess From .jotunheim. Loki Had A Legitimate Wife, Sigyn; But With Angurboda He Became The Father Of Three Monsters: 1. The Wolf Fenrir; 2, The 'midgard Serpent; 3, The Goddess Of Death, Whose Name ...
Feoffment
Feoff'ment (infeudare), The Oldest, And For A Long Period The Only, Method For The Conveyance Of Land Known In England. F. Consisted In The Formal Conveyance Of The Land From The Feoffor To The Feoffee,, The Former Stating Distinctly The,measure Of The Estate Conferred, Whether It Was In Fee, In ...
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I., Emperor Of Austria (1835-48), Eldest Son Of Francis I. By His Second Marriage With Maria Theresa Of The House Of Naples, Was B. At Vienna, 19th April, 1793. He Was From The First Of A Weak Constitution, And Was Unfortunate In Those To Whom His Education Was Intrusted. ...
Ferdinand Iii
Ferdinand Iii., Grand Duke Of Tuscany, And Archduke Of Austria, Was B. At Florence, 6th May, 1769. In 1790, He Succeeded His Father, Leopold Ii., In The Govern Ment Of Tuscany, When The Latter Obtained The Imperial Throne At The Death Of The Emperor Joseph Ii., Leopold's Brother. F.'s Rule ...
Ferdinand Il
Ferdinand Il, Emperor Of Germany, 1619-37,, Was B. At Gratz, 9th July, 1578. He Was Grandson Of Ferdinand I., His Father Being Charles, Archduke Of Styria, The Younger Brother Of Maximilian. F.'s Mother, Maria Of Bavaria, Early Inspired Him With Hatred Against The Protestants. He Was Educated By The Jesuits ...
Ferdinand Vii
Ferdinand Vii., King Of Spain, B. 14th Oct., 1784, Was The Son Of King Charles Iv. And The Princess Maria Louisa Of Parma. Although He Had The Advantage Of Excellent Preceptors, Especially The Canon Escoiquiz, In His Youth, Yet The Machinations Of The Notorious Godoy, Minister Of Spain, Prevented Him ...
Ferdinand The Catholic
Ferdinand The Catholic, 5th Of Castile, 2d Of Aragon, 3d Of Naples, And 2d Of Sicily, Was B. 10th Mar., 1452. He Was The Son Of John Ii. King Of Navarre And Ara Gon; And In 1469 Married, At Valladolid, Isabella, Sister Of Henry Iv. Of Castile. Even In The ...
Fermentation
Fermentation Is The Term Applied To The Change Which Occurs In One Organic Sub Stance When Influenced By Another In A State Of Decay Or Putrefaction. The Process Was Originally Understood To Include All The Changes Which Matter Of Plant And Animal Origin Undergoes When Disunited From The Living Force, ...
Fermentation_2
Fermentation (ante), A Chemical Term Originally Applied To Natural Processes In Which Bubbles Of Air Seem To Be Generated, Producing What Is Called Effervescence. Effervescence Is, However, Only A Phenomenon Which Accompanies One Of The Most Familiar Instances Of Fermentation, And Does Not Exist In All Its Forms. The Commonest ...
Ferns
Ferns, Fakes, An Order Of Acrogenous Or Cryptogamous Plants, Divided By Some Botanists Into Several Orders; Whilst Some Make Aces A Sub-class, And Include In It Lycopodiacea, Marsileacece, And Eguisetacecs. See These Heads. F. Are Either Herbaceous Peren Nial Plants, Or More Rarely Trees, The Rootstock Or The Stem Producing ...
Ferns_2
Ferns (ante), A Group Of Cryptogamous Or Flowerless Plants, Much Prized For Their Beauty, Of Which More Than 2,500 Species Have Been Described By Botanists. They Formed A Prominent Feature In The Vegetation Of The Early Geological Ages, And Are Found At Present In Every Quarter Of The Globe, Being ...
Feroze Pore
Fero'ze Pore (so Called From Its Founder, Feroze Toghluk, Who Reigned In Delhi From 1351 To 1388), In The Punjab, Stands About 3 M. From The Left Or S.e. Bank Of The Sutlej, In Lat. 30° 55' N., And Long. 74° 35' East. At One Time, A Large And Important ...
Ferrara
Ferra'ra, An Ancient City Of Italy, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, Is Situated In A Low Marshy Plain In The Delta Of The Po, And About 4 M. S. Of The Main Branch Of That River, 28 M. N.n.e. Of Bologna, And 40 M. N.w. Of Ravenna. ...
Ferret
Ferret, Mustela Faro, An Animal Of The Weasel Family (nustelida), So Nearly Allied To The Polecat (q.v.) That May Regard It As A Mere Domesticated Variety. It Is Of Rather Smaller Size, The Head And Body Being About 14 In. Long, The Tail 5f In., The Muzzle Rather Longer And ...
Ferrocyanogen
Ferrocyan'ogen Is A Compound Organic Radical, Generally Regarded By Chemists As Existing In Ferrocyanide Of Potassium, Or The Yellow Prussiate Of Potash, But Which Has Not Yet Been Obtained In A Separate State. The Principal Compound Of F. Is The Ferrocyanide Of Potassium, Which Is Prepared By Heating To Redness ...
Ferry
Ferry (from Sax, Faran, Ger. Fahren, To Move, Proceed, Allied To The Lat. Fern, Eng. Bear), A Passage By Boat Across Water. By The Law Of England, A Man May Have A Right To Keep A Boat And To Ferry Passengers For A Consideration, Just As He May Have 0. ...
Fescue
Fescue, Festuca, A Genus Of Grasses, Very Nearly Allied To Brome-grass (q.v.), And Having In Some Species A Loose, In • Some A Contracted Panicle; The Spikelets Many Flowered, With Two Unequal Glumes, Which They Much Exceed In Length; Each Floret Having Two Lanceolate Palem, The Outer Palea Rounded At ...
Feu And
Feu And A Feu May Be Described, In Familiar Language, As A Right To The Use And Enjoyment Of Lands, Houses, Or Other Heritable Subjects, In Perpetuity, In Con Sideration Of An Annual Payment In Grain Or Money, Called Feu-duty, And Certain Other Contingent Burdens Called Casualities Of Superiority (see ...
Feudal System
Feudal System. By Some, The Word Feu Or Feud, Of Which Feudal Is The Adjec Tive, Is Derived From The Lat. Fides, Faith, And Ead Or Odh, Or Od, A Teutonic Word Signifying A Property, Or Estate, In Land ; Whilst By Others; With Perhaps Greater Proba Bility, Thefirst Syllable ...
Feuerbach
Feuerbach, Lrnwro Andreas, German Philosopher, Fourth Son Of The Following, Was B. At Anspach, 28th July, 1804. After Studying Theology For Two Years At Heidelberg Under Paulus And Daub, In 1824 He Was Attracted To Berlin For The Purpose Of Hearing Hegel, And, Soon After He Abandoned Theology, With The ...