Part 4200

<h1>Faubourg</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fau`bourg"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.</def>

<h1>Faucal</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fau"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fauces</ets> throat.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., <fld>(Phon.)</fld> produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.</def>

<blockquote>Ayin is the most difficult of the <b>faucals</b>. <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fauces</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fau"ces</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.pl.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the <altname>isthmus of the fauces</altname>. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the <i>pillars of the fauces</i>, inclose the tonsils.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.</def>

<h1>Faucet</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fau"cet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fausset</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>fauces</ets> throat.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also <altname>tap</altname>, and <altname>cock</altname>. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.</def>

<h1>Fauchion</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fau"chion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Falchion</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Faucial</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fau"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.</def>

<h1>Faugh</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Faugh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Foh</er>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.</def>

<h1>Faulchion</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Faul"chion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Falchion</er>.</def>

<h1>Faulcon</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Faul"con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Falcon</er>.</def>

<h1>Fauld</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Fauld</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.</def>

<h1>Faule</h1> <Xpage=546>

<hw>Faule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fall or falling band.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>These laces, ribbons, and these <b>faules</b>. <i>Herrick.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fault</h1> <Xpage=546>