Part 129

Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.

Milton.

O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.

Pope.

Fiend"ful (?), a. Full of fiendish spirit or arts. Marlowe.

-- Fiend"ful*ly, adv.

Fiend"ish (?), a. Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. -- Fiend"ish*ness, n.

Fiend"like` (?), a. Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow.

Fiend"ly, a. [AS. feÛndlic.] Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Fi`e*ras"fer (?), n. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of small, slender fishes, ||remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. ||One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; ||another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

Fierce (?), a. [Compar. Fiercer (?); superl. Fiercest (?).] [OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage, cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. Feral, Ferocity.] 1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.

His fierce thunder drove us to the deep.

Milton.

2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. "A fierce whisper." Dickens. "A fierce tyrant." Pope.

The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear.

Milton.

Thou huntest me as a fierce lion.

Job. x. 16.

3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.

Syn. -- Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See Ferocious.

-- Fierce"ly, adv. -- Fierce"ness, n.

||Fi"e*ri fa"ci*as (?). [L., cause it to be done.] (Law) A judicial ||writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, ||commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, ||chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. ||Blackstone. Cowell.

Fi"er*i*ness (?), n. The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper. Addison.

Fi"er*y (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.] 1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

And fiery billows roll below.

I. Watts.

2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?