Part 4137

<h1>Fagotto</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fa*got"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. See <er>Fagot</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.</def>

<h1>Faham</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fa"ham</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The leaves of an orchid (<spn>Angraecum fragrans</spn>), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.</def>

<h1>Fahlband</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fahl"band`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored + <ets>band</ets> a band.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Fahlerz, Fahlband</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw><hw>Fahl"erz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fahl"band</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>fahlerz</ets>; <ets>fahl</ets> dun-colored, fallow + <ets>erz</ets> ore.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tetrahedrite</er>.</def>

<h1>Fahlunite</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fah"lun*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Falhun</ets>, a place in Sweden.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydration of iolite.</def>

<h1>Fahrenheit</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fah"ren*heit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel <i>Fahrenheit</i> in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The Fahrenheit termometer or scale.</def></def2>

<note>&hand; The <i>Fahrenheit thermometer</i> is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at 212 degrees above. It is commonly used in the United States and in England.</note>

<h1>Fa\'8bence</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fa`\'8b*ence"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>Faenza</ets>, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]</ety> <def>Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.</def>

<h1>Fail</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fail</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Failed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Failing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>failir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fallere</ets>, <ets>falsum</ets>, to deceive, akin to E. <ets>fall</ets>. See <er>Fail</er>, and cf. <er>Fallacy</er>, <er>False</er>, <er>Fault</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; <as>as, streams <ex>fail</ex>; crops <ex>fail</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>As the waters <b>fail</b> from the sea. <i>Job xiv. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Till Lionel's issue <b>fails</b>, his should not reign. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>If ever they <b>fail</b> of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. <i>Berke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.</def>

<blockquote>When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to <b>fail</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; <as>as, a sick man <ex>fails</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To perish; to die; -- used of a person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Had the king in his last sickness <b>failed</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.</def>