Part 4135

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Fading</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fad"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Loss of color, freshness, or vigor.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Fad"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fad"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fading</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fad"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.</def> "<i>Fading</i> is a fine jig." <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Fadme</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fad"me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fathom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fady</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fad"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Faded.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<h1>F\'91cal</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>F\'91"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Fecal</er>.</def>

<h1>F\'91ces</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>F\'91"ces</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>faex</ets>, pl. <ets>faeces</ets>, dregs.]</ety> <def>Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>feces</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>F\'91cula</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>F\'91c"u*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Fecula</er>.</def>

<h1>Fa\'89ry</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fa"\'89r*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & a.</tt> <def>Fairy.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Faffle</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Faf"fle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Famble</er>, <er>Maffle</er>.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Fag</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A knot or coarse part in cloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fag</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fag</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fagged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fagging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>fakk</ets> wearied, weary, <ets>vaak</ets> slumber, drowsiness, OFries. <ets>fai</ets>, equiv. to <ets>f\'bech</ets> devoted to death, OS. <ets>f<?/gi</ets>, OHG. <ets>feigi</ets>, G. <ets>feig</ets>, <ets>feige</ets>, cowardly, Icel. <ets>feigr</ets> fated to die, AS. <ets>f<?/ge</ets>, Scot. <ets>faik</ets>, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. <ets>flag</ets> to droop.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become weary; to tire.</def>