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<hw>Fes*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Festivities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>festivitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>festivit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.</def>

<blockquote>The unrestrained <b>festivity</b> of the rustic youth. <i>Bp. Hurd.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A festival; a festive celebration.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Festivous</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"ti*vous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Festive</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a feast; festive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Festlich</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fest"lich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Feast</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Festive; fond of festive occasions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>festlich</i> man."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Festoon</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes*toon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>feston</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>feston</ets>, It. <ets>festone</ets>), prob. fr. L. <ets>festum</ets> festival. See <er>Feast</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch. & Sculp.)</fld> <def>A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bucranium</er>.</def>

<h1>Festoon</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes*toon"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Festooned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Festooning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.</def>

<h1>Festoony</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes*toon"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons.</def>

<i>Sir J. Herschel.</i>

<h1>Festucine</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes*tu*cine</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>festula</ets> stalk, straw. Cf. <er>Fescue</er>.]</ety> <def>Of a straw color; greenish yellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A little insect of a <b>festucine</b> or pale green. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Festucous</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"tu*cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed or consisting of straw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Festue</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"tue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fescue</er>.]</ety> <def>A straw; a fescue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Fet</h1> <Xpage=554>