Part 4268

<hw>Fe"tise*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Neatly; gracefully; properly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<mhw><h1>Fetish, n., Fetishism </ &or; </; 277, n., Fetishistic</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fe"tish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Fe"tish*ism</hw> <tt>(<?/ &or; <?/; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Fe`tish*is"tic</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></mhw> <def>See <er>Fetich</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <i>Fetichism</i>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Fetichistic</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Fetlock</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fetlak</ets>, <ets>fitlock</ets>, cf. Icel. <ets>fet</ets> pace, step, <ets>fit</ets> webbed foot of water birds, akin to E. <ets>foot</ets>. &root; 77. See <er>Foot</er>.]</ety> <def>The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.</def>

<blockquote>Their wounded steeds Fret <b>fetlock</b> deep in gore. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fetor</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fe"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fetor</ets>, <ets>foetor</ets>. See <er>Fetid</er>.]</ety> <def>A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Fette</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"te</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp</tt>. <er>Fette</er>, p.p. <er>Fet</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Fet</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To fetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fetter</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fetor</ets>, <ets>feter</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>feter<?/s</ets>, pl., OD. <ets>veter</ets>, OHG. <ets>fezzera</ets>, Icel. <ets>fj\'94turr</ets>, L. <ets>pedi<?/a</ets>, Gr. <?/, and to E. <ets>foot</ets>. &root; 77. See <er>Foot</er>.]</ety> <mark>[Chiefly used in the plural, <plw>fetters</plw>.]</mark> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.</def>

<blockquote> bound him with <b>fetters</b> of brass. <i>Judg. xvi. 21.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.</def>

<blockquote>Passion's too fierce to be in <b>fetters</b> bound. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fetter</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[imp. & p.p. <er>Fettered</er> (<?/); p.pr. & vb.<tt>n.</tt> <er>Fettering</er>.]</ety> <def>1. To put fetters upon; to shakle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.</def>

<blockquote>My heels are <b>fettered</b>, but my fist is free. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To reastrain from motion; to impose restrains on; to confine; to enchain; <as>as, <ex>fettered</ex> by obligations</as>.</def>

<blockquote>My conscience! thou art <b>fettered</b> More than my shanks and wrists. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fettered</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"tered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.</def>

<h1>Fetterer</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fet"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fetters.</def>

<i>Landor.</i>