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<hw>Fil"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Filtrated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Filtrating</er>. <tt>(<?/)</tt>]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>filtrare</ets>. See <er>Filter</er>.]</ety> <def>To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Filtrate</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fil"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.</def>

<h1>Filtration</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fil*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filtration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.</def>

<h1>Finble, n., &or; Fimble hemp</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw><hw>Fin"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>, &or; <hw>Fim"ble hemp`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>.<hw><ety>[Corrupted from <ets>female hemp</ets>.]</ety> <def>Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.</def>

<h1>Fimbria</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fim"bri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fimbri\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fringe. See <er>Fringle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A fringe, or fringed border.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fim"bri*al</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fimbriate</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fim*bri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fimbriatus</ets> fibrous, fringed, fr. <ets>fimbria</ets> fiber, fringe. See <er>Fringe</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; <as>as, the <ex>fimbriate</ex> petals of the pink; the <ex>fimbriate</ex> end of the Fallopian tube.</as></def>

<h1>Fimbriate</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fim"bri*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fimbriated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fimbriating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To hem; to fringe.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Fimbriated</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fim"bri*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a fringed border; fimbriate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.</def>

<h1>Fimbricate</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fim"bri*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antenn\'91 of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Fin</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Finned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Finning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fin</er> of a fish.]</ety> <def>To carve or cut up, as a chub.</def>

<h1>Fin</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>End; conclusion; object.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "She knew eke the <i>fin</i> of his intent."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fin</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[OE. <ets>finne</ets>, <ets>fin</ets>, AS. <ets>finn</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vin</ets>, G. & Dan. <ets>finne</ets>, Sw. <ets>fena</ets>, L. <ets>pinna</ets>, <ets>penna</ets>, a wing, feather. cf. <er>pen</er> a feather.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water.</def>