Part 4224

<i>1 Thess. v. 14.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Feebleness</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fee"ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.</def>

<blockquote>That shakes for age and <b>feebleness</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feebly</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fee"bly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a feeble manner.</def>

<blockquote>The restored church . . . contended <b>feebly</b>, and with half a heart. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feed</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Feed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Feeding</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>f<?/dan</ets>, fr. <ets>f<?/da</ets> food; akin to C?. <ets>f<?/dian</ets>, OFries <ets>f<?/da</ets>, <ets>f<?/da</ets>, D. <ets>voeden</ets>, OHG. <ets>fuottan</ets>, Icel. <ets>f\'91<?/a</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'94da</ets>, Dan. <ets>f\'94de</ets>. <?/ 75. See <er>Food</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.</def>

<blockquote>If thine enemy hunger, <b>feed</b> him. <i>Rom. xii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Unreasonable reatures <b>feed</b> their young. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>feed</b> fat the ancient grudge I bear him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Feeding</b> him with the hope of liberty. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; <as>as, springs <ex>feed</ex> ponds; the hopper <ex>feeds</ex> the mill; to <ex>feed</ex> a furnace with coal.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt <b>feed</b> people Israel. <i>2 Sam. v. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mightiest powers by deepest calms are <b>feed</b>. <i>B. Cornwall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; <as>as, if grain is too forward in autumn, <ex>feed</ex> it with sheep</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Once in three years <b>feed</b> your mowing lands. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; <as>as, to <ex>feed</ex> out turnips to the cows; to <ex>feed</ex> water to a steam boiler.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; <as>as, to <ex>feed</ex> paper to a printing press</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).</def>

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<hw>Feed</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take food; to eat.</def>

<blockquote>Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not <b>feed</b>. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Leaving thy trunk for crows to <b>feed</b> upon. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>