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<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Fatiloquist</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fa*til"o*quist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fatiloquus</ets> declaring fate; <ets>fatum</ets> fate+ <ets>Loqui</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>A fortune teller.</def>

<h1>Fatimite, Fatimide</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw><hw>Fat"i*mite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fat"i*mide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Hist.)</fld> <def>Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A descendant of Fatima.</def></def2>

<h1>Fatiscence</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fa*tis"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fatiscense</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>fatiscere</ets> to gape or crack open.]</ety> <def>A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<h1>Fat-kidneyed</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fat"-kid`neyed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><def>Gross; lubberly.</def>

<blockquote>Peace, ye <b>fat-kidneyed</b> rascal ! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fatling</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fat"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fat</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.</def>

<blockquote>He sacrificed oxen and <b>fatlings</b>. <i>2 Sam. vi. 13.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fatly</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fat"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Grossly; greasily.</def>

<h1>Fatner</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fat"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fattens. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <er>Fattener</er>.</def>

<i>Arbuthnit.</i>

<h1>Fatness</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fat"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.</def>

<blockquote>Their eyes stand out with <b>fatness</b>. <i>Ps. lxxiii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.</def>

<blockquote>Rich in the <b>fatness</b> of her plenteous soil. <i>Rowe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which makes fat or fertile.</def>

<blockquote>The clouds drop <b>fatness</b>. <i>Philips.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fatten</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fat"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fattened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fattining</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Fat</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.</def>

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