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<hw>Feed"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is eaten; food.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land.</def>

<cs><col>Feeding bottle</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bottle</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fee-faw-fum</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fee`-faw`-fum"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.</def> "Impudent <i>fee-faw-fums</i>."

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Feejee</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Fee"jee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Ethnol)</fld> <def>See <er>Fijian</er>.</def>

<h1>Feel</h1> <Xpage=549>

<hw>Feel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Felt</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Feeling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>f<?/lan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>gif<?/lian</ets> to perceive, D. <ets>voelen</ets> to feel, OHG. <ets>fuolen</ets>, G. <ets>f\'81hlen</ets>, Icel. <ets>f\'belma</ets> to grope, and prob. to AS. <ets>folm</ets> paim of the hand, L. <ets>palma</ets>. Cf. <er>Fumble</er>, <er>Palm</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.</def>

<blockquote>Who <b>feel</b> Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. <i>Creecn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; <as>as, <ex>feel</ex> this piece of silk</as>; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with <ex>out</ex>.</def>

<blockquote>Come near, . . . that I may <b>feel</b> thee, my son. <i>Gen. xxvii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He hath this to <b>feel</b> my affection to your honor. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; <as>as, to <ex>feel</ex> pleasure; to <ex>feel</ex> pain.</as></def>

<blockquote>Teach me to <b>feel</b> another's woe. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whoso keepeth the commandment shall <b>feel</b> no evil thing. <i>Eccl. viii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He best can paint them who shall <b>feel</b> them most. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mankind have <b>felt</b> their strength and made it <b>felt</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.</def>

<blockquote>For then, and not till then, he <b>felt</b> himself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To perceive; to observe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>To feel the helm</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to obey it.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Feel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.</def>