Part 4230

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Feint</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Feint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>feint</ets>, p.p. of <ets>feindre</ets> to feign. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <def>Feigned; counterfeit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Dressed up into any <b>feint</b> appearance of it. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feint</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Feint</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>feinte</ets>, fr. <ets>feint</ets>. See <er>Feint</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.</def>

<blockquote>Courtley's letter is but a <b>feint</b> to get off. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.</def>

<h1>Feint</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Feint</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a feint, or mock attack.</def>

<h1>Feitsui</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Fei`tsui"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See <er>Jade</er>.</def>

<h1>Feize</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Feize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Feeze</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Felanders</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Fel"an*ders</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Filanders</er>.</def>

<h1>Feldspar, Feldspath</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw><hw>Feld"spar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Feld"spath`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>feldspath</ets>; <ets>feld</ets> field + <ets>spath</ets> spar.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish.</def>

<note>&hand; The group includes the monoclinic (<i>orthoclastic</i>) species <i>orthoclase</i> or common potash feldspar, and the rare <i>hyalophane</i> or baryta feldspar; also the triclinic species (called in general <i>plagioclase</i>) <i>microcline</i>, like orthoclase a potash feldspar; <i>anorthite</i> or lime feldspar; <i>albite</i> or soda feldspar; also intermediate between the last two species, <i>labradorite</i>, <i>andesine</i>, <i>oligoclase</i>, containing both lime and soda in varying amounts. The feldspars are essential constituents of nearly all crystalline rocks, as granite, gneiss, mica, slate, most kinds of basalt and trachyte, etc. The decomposition of feldspar has yielded a large part of the clay of the soil, also the mineral kaolin, an essential material in the making of fine pottery. Common feldspar is itself largely used for the same purpose.</note>

<h1>Feldspathic, Feldspathose</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw><hw>Feld*spath"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Feld*spath"ose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.</def>

<h1>Fele</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Fele</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fela</ets>, <ets>feola</ets>; akin to G. <ets>viel</ets>, gr. <?/. See <er>Full</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Many.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fe-licify</h1> <Xpage=550>

<hw>Fe-lic"ify</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>felix</ets> happy = <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make happy; to felicitate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Quarles.</i>

<h1>Felici-tate</h1> <Xpage=550>