Part 4287

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Fiendly</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fiend"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fe\'a2ndlic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fierasfer</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fi`e*ras"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.</def>

<h1>Fierce</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fierce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fiercer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Fiercest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fers</ets>, <ets>fiers</ets>, OF. <ets>fier</ets>, nom. <ets>fiers</ets>, fierce, savage, cruel, F. <ets>fier</ets> proud, from L. <ets>ferus</ets> wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. <ets>bear</ets> the animal. Cf. <er>Feral</er>, <er>Ferocity</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; <as>as, a <ex>fierce</ex> wind</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>fierce</b> thunder drove us to the deep. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.</def> "A <i>fierce</i> whisper." <i>Dickens.</i> "A <i>fierce</i> tyrant." <i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>fierce</b> foe hung upon our broken rear. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou huntest me as a <b>fierce</b> lion. <i>Job. x. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See <er>Ferocious</er>.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fierce"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fierce"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fieri facias</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fi"e*ri fa"ci*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., cause it to be done.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed.</def>

<i>Blackstone. Cowell.</i>

<h1>Fieriness</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fi"er*i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; <as>as, a <ex>fieriness</ex> of temper</as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Fiery</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fi"er*y</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Formerly written <ets>firy</ets>, fr. <ets>fire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; <as>as, the <ex>fiery</ex> gulf of Etna; a <ex>fiery</ex> appearance.</as></def>

<blockquote>And <b>fiery</b> billows roll below. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.</def>

<blockquote>Hath thy <b>fiery</b> heart so parched thine entrails? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>fiery</b> spirit of his forefathers. <i>W. Irwing.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.</def>