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<hw>Fa"vor*ite</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; <as>as, a <ex>favorite</ex> walk; a <ex>favorite</ex> child.</as></def> "His <i>favorite</i> argument."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Favoritism</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fa"vor*it*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>favoritisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.</def>

<blockquote>A spirit of <b>favoritism</b> to the Bank of the United States. <i>A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Favorless</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fa"vor*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unpropitious; unfavorable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Fortune <i>favorless</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Favose</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fa*vose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>favus</ets> honeycomb.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Honeycombed. See <er>Faveolate</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.</def>

<h1>Favosite</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fav"o*site</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.</def>

<h1>Favosites</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fav`o*si"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Favose</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.</def>

<h1>Favus</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fa"vus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., honeycomb.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also <altname>favas</altname> and <altname>sectila</altname>.</def>

<i>Mollett.</i>

<h1>Fawe</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fawe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fain</er>.]</ety> <def>Fain; glad; delighted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fawkner</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fawk"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Falconer</er>.]</ety> <def>A falconer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Fawn</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fawn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>faon</ets> the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. <ets>faon</ets> a fawn, for <ets>fedon</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fetus</ets>. See <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See <er>Buck</er>.</def>