Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FOWL, v.i.

To catch or kill wild fowls for game or food; as by means of bird-lime, decoys, nets and snares, or by pursuing them with hawks, or by shooting.

FOWL'ER, n.

A sportsman who pursues wild fowls, or takes or kills them for food.

FOWL'ING, n.

The art or practice of catching or shooting fowls; also, falconry.

FOWL'ING, ppr.

Pursuing or taking wild fowls.

FOWL'ING-PIECE, n.

A light gun for shooting fowls.

FOX, n. [Sax. fox; G. fuchs; D. vos.]

1. An animal of the genus Canis, with a straight tail, yellowish or straw-colored hair, and erect ears. This animal burrows in the earth, is remarkable for his cunning, and preys on lambs, geese, hens or other small animals.
2. A sly, cunning fellow.
3. In seamen's language, a seizing made by twisting several rope-yarns together.
4. Formerly, a cant expression for a sword. Shak.

FOX, v.t.

To intoxicate; to stupefy. [Not used.] Boyle.

FOX'CASE, n.

The skin of a fox. [Not used.] L'Etrange.

FOX'CHASE, n.

The pursuit of a fox with hounds. Pope.

FOX'ER-Y, n.

Behavior like that of a fox. [Not in use.] Chaucer.

FOX'E-VIL, n.

A kind of disease in which the hair falls off. Dict.

FOX'GLOVE, n.

The name of a plant, the Digitalis.

FOX'HOUND, n.

A hound for chasing foxes. Shenstone.

FOX'HUNT, n.

The chase or hunting of a fox.

FOX'HUNT-ER, n.

One who hunts or pursues foxes with hounds.

FOX'ISH, or FOX'LIKE, a.

Resembling a fox in qualities; cunning.

FOX'SHIP, n.

The character or qualities of a fox; cunning. Shak.

FOX'TAIL, n.

A species of grass, the Alopecurus.

FOX'TRAP, n.

A trap, or a gin or snare to catch foxes.

FOX'Y, a.

Pertaining to foxes; wily. [Not used.]

FOY, n. [Fr. foi.]

Faith. [Not used.] Spenser.

FRA'CAS, n. [Fr.]

An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance.

FRACT, v.t.

To break. [Not used.]

FRAC'TION, n. [L. fractio; Fr. fraction; from L. frango, fractus, to break. See Break.]

1. The act of breaking or state of being broken, especially by violence. Burnet.
2. In arithmetic and algebra, a broken part of an integral or integer; any division of a whole number or unit, as, ²/5, two fifths, ¼, one fourth, which are called vulgar fractions. In these, the figure above the line is called the numerator, and the figure below the line the denominator. In decimal fractions, the denominator is a unit, or 1, with as many ciphers annexed, as the numerator has places. They are commonly expressed by writing the numerator only with a point before it, by which it is separated from the whole number; thus .5, which denotes five tenths, ⁵/10 or half the whole number; .25, that is, ²⁵/100; or a fourth part of the whole number.

FRAC'TION-AL, a.

Belonging to a broken number; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; as, fractional numbers.