Part 4279

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A needle for sewing up wounds.</def>

<h1>Fibu-lar</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fib"u-lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the fibula.</def>

<h1>Fibulare</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fib`u*la"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fibularia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Fibula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.</def>

<h1>Fice</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small dog; -- written also <i>fise</i>, <i>fyce</i>, <i>fiste</i>, etc.</def> <mark>[Southern U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Fich\'82</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fi*ch\'82</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fitch\'90</er>.</def>

<h1>Ficttelite</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fict"tel*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria.</def>

<h1>Fichu</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fich"u</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., neckerchief.]</ety> <def>A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders.</def>

<h1>Fickle</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fic"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fikel</ets> untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. <ets>ficol</ets>, fr. <ets>fic</ets>, <ets>gefic</ets>, fraud, deceit; cf. <ets>f\'becen</ets> deceit, OS. <ets>f<?/kn</ets>, OHG. <ets>feichan</ets>, Icel. <ets>feikn</ets> portent. Cf. <er>Fidget</er>.]</ety> <def>Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; <as>as, Fortune's <ex>fickle</ex> wheel</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>They know how <b>fickle</b> common lovers are. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.</syn>

<h1>Fickleness</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fic"kle*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fickly</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fic"kly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fickle manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pepys.</i>

<h1>Fico</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fi"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ficoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It., a fig, fr. L.<ets>ficus</ets>. See <er>Fig</er>.]</ety> <def>A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. <i>A fig for you</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Steal! foh, a <b>fico</b> for the phrase. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fictile</h1> <Xpage=556>