Part 4247

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fenugreek</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen"u*greek</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>faenum Graecum</ets>, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. <ets>fenugrec</ets>. Cf. <er>Fennel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>trigonella F\'d2num Gr\'91cum</spn>) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are</def> "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." <rj><i>J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).</i></rj>

<h1>Feod</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A feud. See 2d <er>Feud</er>.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Feodal</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feod"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Feudal. See <er>Feudal</er>.</def>

<h1>Feodality</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feo*dal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See <er>Feudality</er>.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Feodary</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feod"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An accomplice.</def>

<blockquote>Art thou a <b>feodary</b> for this act? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An ancient officer of the court of wards.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Feodatory</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feod"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Feudatory</er>.</def>

<h1>Feoff</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feoff</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt><def>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Feoffed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt>. <er>Feoffing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>feffen</ets>, OF. <ets>feffer</ets>, <ets>fieffer</ets>, F. <ets>fieffer</ets>, fr. <ets>fief</ets> fief; cf. LL. <ets>feoffare</ets>, <ets>fefare</ets>. See <er>Fief</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.</def>

<h1>Feoff</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feoff</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A fief. See <er>Fief</er>.</def>

<h1>Feoffee</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feof*fee"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>feoff\'82</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.</def>

<h1>Feoffment</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Feoff"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>feoffement</ets>, <ets>fieffement</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>feoffamentum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The grant of a feud or fee</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed</def>. <mark>[Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.]</mark>