Part 4275

<h1>Fiance</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fiancer</ets>. See <er>Affiance</er>.]</ety> <def>To betroth; to affiance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Harmar.</i>

<h1>Fianc\'82</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi`an`c\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A betrothed man.</def>

<h1>Fianc\'82e</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi`an`c\'82e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A betrothed woman.</def>

<h1>Fiants</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"ants</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fiente</ets> dung.]</ety> <def>The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.</def>

<h1>Fiar</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"ar</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Feuar</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.</def>

<blockquote>I am <b>fiar</b> of the lands; she a life renter. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.</def>

<h1>Fiasco</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi*as"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fiascoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.</def>

<h1>Fiat</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. <ets>fieri</ets>, used as pass. of <ets>facere</ets> to make. Cf. <er>Be</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>fiat</b> laid the corner stone. <i>Willis.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A warrant of a judge for certain processes.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.</def>

<cs><col>Fiat money</col>, <cd>irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fiaunt</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi*aunt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Commission; fiat; order; decree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fib</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>fable</ets>; cf. Prov. E. <ets>fibble-fabble</ets> nonsense.]</ety> <def>A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.</def>

<blockquote>They are very serious; they don't tell <b>fibs</b>. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fib</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fib</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fibbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fibbing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To speak falsely.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>