Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . sh.— To make a figure, bedistinguished. — Figure-head, n. {N^aut.) Thefigure or bust projecting from the bow of a Ship. A person nominally at the head of an as-sociation or enterprize, but lacking ability or au-thority to control affairs.—Figuration, ra. Act ofgiving determinate form. {Mus.) Mixture of con-cords and discords. — Flgurative, -tiv, a. Repre-senting by a figure, or by
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . sh.— To make a figure, bedistinguished. — Figure-head, n. {N^aut.) Thefigure or bust projecting from the bow of a Ship. A person nominally at the head of an as-sociation or enterprize, but lacking ability or au-thority to control affairs.—Figuration, ra. Act ofgiving determinate form. {Mus.) Mixture of con-cords and discords. — Flgurative, -tiv, a. Repre-senting by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; rep-resentative ; used in a tropical sense, as a metaphor;not literal; abounding in figures of speech; flowery;florid. —Figuratively, arlv, Filaceous, Filament, etc. See under File. FUbert, filbert, n. {Bot.) The nut or fruit of thecultivated hazel. Filch, filch, V. t. [FILCHED (fllcht), FILCHING.] To steal or take privily,— said of petty thefts; to , fil, n. An orderly succession; a line, row; as,{Mil.) a row of soldiers ranged behind one another;a collection of papers, arranged for preservation andreference; wire or other contrivance by which papers. Fig, Leaf and Fruit. sQn, cube, full; moon, f66t; cow, oil; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. FILE 144 FIRE are kept in order: fine wire thread of gold or silver:tinsel-covered silk.—i-. t. [filed (lild), filing.]To set in order, place on ftle, insert in its properplace among arrann;ed papers; to bring before acourt or legislative body bj presenting papers in aregular way. {Laiv.) Toput upon the files or amongthe records of a court, —v. i. {Mil.) To inarch (sol-diers) in a file or line, one after another. — Fila-ceous, -shus, a. Composed or consisting of^threads. — Filose, -los, a. Ending in a thread-like process. — Fil^ajnent, n. A thread, or thread-like appendage;esp. (Hot.), the thread-like part of the stamens sup-porting the anther: see Anthek.— Filigree, ?i. Net
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