Part 4220

<h1>February</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feb"ru*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Februarius</ets>, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. <ets>februa</ets>, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to <ets>februare</ets> to purify, expiate.]</ety> <def>The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.</def>

<h1>Februation</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Feb`ru*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>februatio</ets>. See <er>february</er>.]</ety> <def>Purification; a sacrifice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fecal</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fe"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f\'82cal</ets>. See <er>Feces</er>.]</ety> <def>relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordeure; f\'91cal.</def>

<h1>Fecche</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fec"che</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Feces</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fe"ces</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>dregs; sediment; excrement. See <er>F\'92ces</er>.</def>

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<h1>Fecial</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fe"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fetialis</ets> belonging to the <ets>fetiales</ets>, the Roman priests who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from the enemy before a formal declaration of war.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; <as>as, <ex>fecial</ex> law</as>.</def>

<i>Kent.</i>

<h1>Fecifork</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fe"ci*fork`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Feces</ets> + <ets>fork</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The anal fork on which the larv\'91 of certain insects carry their f\'91ces.</def>

<h1>Feckless</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Feck"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Perh. a corruption of <ets>effectless</ets>.]</ety> <def>Spiritless; weak; worthless.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Fecks</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fecks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A corruption of the word <i>faith</i>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fecula</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fec"u*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fecul\'92</plw></plu> <ety>[L.<ets>fae<?/ula</ets> burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of <ets>faex</ets>, <ets>faecis</ets>, sediment, dregs: cf. F. <ets>f\'82cule</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence.</def> Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also <altname>amylaceous fecula</altname></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.</def>

<h1>Feculence</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fec"u*lence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>faeculentia</ets> dregs, filth: cf. F. <ets>f\'82culence</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.</def>