Part 4141

<hw>Faint"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Timorous; feeble-minded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>fainting</i>, silly creature."

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Faintly</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faint"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.</def>

<h1>Faintness</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faint"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of vigor or energy.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; <as>as, <ex>faintness</ex> of description</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.</def>

<blockquote>I will send a <b>faintness</b> into their hearts. <i>Lev. xxvi. 36.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Faints</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faints</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.pl.</tt> <def>The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the <i>strong faints</i>, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the <i>weak faints</i>. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Fainty</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faint"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Feeble; languid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Fair</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Fair</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fairer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Fairest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fair</ets>, <ets>fayer</ets>, <ets>fager</ets>, AS. <ets>f\'91ger</ets>; akin to OS. & OHG. <ets>fagar</ets>, Isel. <ets>fagr</ets>, Sw. <ets>fager</ets>, Dan. <ets>faver</ets>, Goth. <ets>fagrs</ets> fit, also to E. <ets>fay</ets>, G. <ets>f\'81gen</ets>, to fit. <ets>fegen</ets> to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. <ets>fang</ets>, <ets>peace</ets>, <ets>pact</ets>, Cf. <er>Fang</er>, <er>Fain</er>, <er>Fay</er> to fit.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>fair</b> white linen cloth. <i>Book of Common Prayer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.</def>

<blockquote>Who can not see many a <b>fair</b> French city, for one <b>fair</b> French made. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Without a dark hue; light; clear; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> skin</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The northern people large and <b>fair</b>-complexioned. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> sky; a <ex>fair</ex> day.</as></def>

<blockquote>You wish <b>fair</b> winds may waft him over. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>fair</ex> mark; in <ex>fair</ex> sight; a <ex>fair</ex> view.</as></def>

<blockquote>The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a <i>fair</i> way to have enlarged. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>