Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FITCH, n.

A chick-pea.

FITCH'ET, or FITCH'EW, n.

A polecat; a foumart. [W. gwicyll or gwicyn.]

FIT'FUL, a.

Varied by paroxysms; full of fits. Shak.

FIT'LI-ER, a. [or adv.]

More fitly.

FIT'LI-EST, n.

Most fitly. Coleridge.

FIT'LY, adv.

1. Suitably; properly; with propriety. A maxim fitly applied.
2. Commodiously; conveniently.

FIT'MENT, n.

Something adapted to a purpose. [Not used.] Shak.

FIT'NESS, n.

1. Suitableness; adaptedness; adaptation; as, the fitness of things to their use.
2. Propriety; meetness; justness; reasonableness; as, the fitness of measures or laws.
3. Preparation; qualification; as, a student's fitness for college.
4. Convenience; the state of being fit.

FIT'TA-BLE, a.

Suitable.

FIT'TED, pp.

Made suitable; adapted; prepared; qualified.

FIT'TER, n.

One who makes fit or suitable; one who adapts; one who prepares.

FIT'TING, ppr.

Making suitable; adapting; preparing; qualifying; providing with.

FIT'TING-LY, adv.

Suitably. More.

FITZ, n.

Norm. fites, fiuz; or fiz, a son, is used in names, as in Fitzherbert, Fitzroy, Carlovitz.

FIVE, a. [Sax. fif; D. vyf; G. fünf; Sw. and Dan. fem; W. pum, pump; Arm. pemp.]

Four and one added; the half of ten; as, five men; five loaves. Like other adjectives, it is often used as a noun. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matth. xxv.

FIVE'BAR, or FIVE'BAR-RED, a.

Having five bars; as, a fivebarred gate.

FIVE'CLEFT, a.

Quinquefid; divided into five segments.

FIVE-FIN'GER-ED, a.

Having five fingers.

FIVE'FOLD, a.

In fives; consisting of five in one; fivedouble; five times repeated.

FIVE'LEAF, a.

Cinquefoil. Drayton.

FIVE'LEAF-ED, a.

Having five leaves; as, fiveleafed clover, or cinquefoil.

FIVE'LOB-ED, a.

Consisting of five lobes.

FIVE'PART-ED, a.

Divided into five parts.

FIVES, n.

A kind of play with a ball.

FIVES, or VIVES, n.

A disease of horses, resembling the strangles. Encyc.