Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ish.— To make a figure, bedistinguished. — Figure-head, n. (Xaut.) 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, ?i. Act ofgiving determinate form. (3his.) Mixture of con-cords and discords. — Figurative, -tiv, a. Repre-senting by a figure, or b
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ish.— To make a figure, bedistinguished. — Figure-head, n. (Xaut.) 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, ?i. Act ofgiving determinate form. (3his.) Mixture of con-cords and discords. — Figurative, -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, adv. Filaceous, FUament, etc. See under File. Filbert, fiKbert, n. (Bot.) The nut or fruit of thecultivated hazel. Filch, filch, V. t. [FILCHED (filcht), filching.] Tosteal or take privily,— said of petty thefts; to pilfer. File, 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. sun, cube, full; moon, fd6t; cow, oil; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. FILE 144 FIRE are kept in order; flne wire thread of gold or silver;tinsel-covered silk.—v. t. [filed (Hid), filing.]To set in order, place on tile, insert in its properplace among arranged papers; to bring before acourt or legislative body by presenting papers in aregular way. (Law.) Toput upon the tiles or amongthe records of a court.—v. i. (Mil.) To march (sol-diers) in a tile or line, one after another. — Fila-ceous, -slms, a. Composed or consisting of threads. — Filose, -los, a. Ending in a thread-like process. — Filajneiit, n. A thread, or thread-like appendage;esp. (Hot.), the thread-like part of the stamens sup-porting the anther: see Antmer.— FiKigree, n. Net-work containing beads; ornam
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