Part 4296

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Figurine</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fi`gu`rine"</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., <ets>dim</ets>. <ets>of figure</ets>.]</ety> <def>A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from <i>statuette</i>, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.</def>

<h1>Figurist</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"ur*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.</def>

<i>Waterland.</i>

<h1>Figwort</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbaceous plants (<spn>Scrophularia</spn>), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See <er>Brownwort</er>.</def>

<h1>Fijian</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fi"ji*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of the Fiji islands.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Feejeean</asp>, <asp>Feejee</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Fike</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fike</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Fyke</er>.</def>

<h1>Fil</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Fall</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt> Fell.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Filaceous</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fi*la"ceous</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> thread.]</ety> <def>Composed of threads.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Filacer</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"a*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>filace</ets> a file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. <ets>filasse</ets> tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> thread.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he <i>filed</i> the writs on which he made out process.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Filament</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"a*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>filament</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> thread. See <er>File</er> a row.]</ety> <def>A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.</def>

<h1>Filamentary</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil`a*men"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.</def>

<h1>Filametoid</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"a*metoid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Filament</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a filament.</def>

<h1>Filamentous</h1> <Xpage=558>