Part 4162

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Family</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Families</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>familia</ets>, fr. <ets>famulus</ets> servant; akin to Oscan <ets>famel</ets> servant, cf. <ets>faamat</ets> he dwells, Skr. <ets>dh\'beman</ets> house, fr. <ets>dh\'be</ets>to set, make, do: cf. F. <ets>famille</ets>. Cf. <er>Do</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Doom</er>, <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feat</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.</def>

<blockquote>The welfare of the <b>family</b> underlies the welfare of society. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; <as>as, the human <ex>family</ex>; the <ex>family</ex> of Abraham; the father of a <ex>family</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Go ! and pretennd your <b>family</b> is young. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; <as>as, a man of <ex>family</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A groupe of kindred or closely related individuals; <as>as, a <ex>family</ex> of languages; a <ex>family</ex> of States; the chlorine <ex>family</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zo\'94logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.</def>

<cs><col>Family circle</col>. <cd>See under <er>Circle</er>.</cd> -- <col>Family man</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him andd dependent upon him.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A man of domestic habits. "The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary <i>family men<i>." <i>Mayhew</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Family of</col> <col>curves &or; surfaces</col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation.</cd> -- <col>In a family way</col>, <cd>like one belonging to the family. "Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over <i>in a family way<i>, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?" <i>Thackeray</i>.</cd> -- <col>In the family way</col>, <cd>pregnant. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Famine</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>famine</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fames</ets> hunger; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ want, need, Skr. <ets>h\'beni</ets> loss, lack, <ets>h\'be</ets> to leave.]</ety> <def>General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.</def> "Worn with <i>famine</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>There was a <b>famine</b> in the land. <i>Gen. xxvi. 1.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Famine fever</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>typhus fever.</cd></cs>

<h1>Famish</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Famished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Famishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>famen</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>afamer</ets>, L. <ets>fames</ets>. See <er>Famine</er>, and cf. <er>Affamish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.</def>

<blockquote>And when all the land of Egypt was <b>famished</b>, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. <i>Cen. xli. 55.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The pains of <b>famished</b> Tantalus he'll feel. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>famish</b> him of breath, if not of bread. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To force or constrain by famine.</def>

<blockquote>He had <b>famished</b> Paris into a surrender. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Famish</h1> <Xpage=541>