Part 4276

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

<hw>Fib</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To tell a fib to.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Fibber</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fib"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who tells fibs.</def>

<h1>Fiber, Fibre</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw><hw>Fi"ber</hw>, <hw>Fi"bre</hw><hw>, <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fibre</ets>, L. <ets>fibra</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; <as>as, the <ex>fiber</ex> of flax or of muscle</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; <as>as, a <ex>fiber</ex> of spun glass</as>; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sinew; strength; toughness; <as>as, a man of real <ex>fiber</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Yet had no <b>fibers</b> in him, nor no force. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.</def>

<cs><col>Fiber gun</col>, <cd>a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers.</cd> -- <col>Fiber plants</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fibered, Fibred</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw><hw>Fi"bered</hw>, <hw>Fi"bred</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having fibers; made up of fibers.</def>

<h1>Fiber-faced, Fibre-faced</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw><hw>Fi"ber-faced`</hw>, <hw>Fi"bre-faced`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.</def>

<h1>Fiberless, Fibreless</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw><hw>Fi"ber*less</hw>, <hw>Fi"bre*less</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.</def>

<h1>Fibriform</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"bri*form</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fibra</ets> a fiber + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.</def>

<h1>Fibril</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"bril</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fibrille</ets>, dim. of <ets>fibre</ets>, L. <ets>fibra</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Fibrilla</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi*bril"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fibrill\'92</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Fibril</er>.]</ety> <def>A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.</def>

<h1>Fibrillar</h1> <Xpage=555>

<hw>Fi"bril*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; <as>as, <ex>fibrillar</ex> twitchings</as>.</def>

<h1>Fibrillary</h1> <Xpage=555>