<h1>Fitting</h1> <Xpage=564>
<hw>Fit"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything used in fitting up</def>; especially <def2>(<pluf>pl.</pluf>), <def>necessary fixtures or apparatus; <as>as, the <ex>fittings</ex> of a church or study; gas <ex>fittings</ex>.</as></def><def2>
<h1>Fitting</h1> <Xpage=564>
<hw>Fit"ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fit"ting*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fit"ting*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>
<h1>Fitweed</h1> <Xpage=564>
<hw>Fit"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Eryngium f\'d2tidum</spn>) supposed to be a remedy for fits.</def>
<h1>Fitz</h1> <Xpage=564>
<hw>Fitz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fils</ets>, <ets>filz</ets>, <ets>fiz</ets>, son, F. <ets>fils</ets>, L. <ets>filius</ets>. See <er>Filial</er>.]</ety> <def>A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; <as>as, <ex>Fitz</ex>roy, the son of the king; <ex>Fitz</ex>clarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.</as></def>
<h1>Five</h1> <Xpage=564>
<hw>Five</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fif</ets>, <ets>five</ets>, AS. <ets>f\'c6f</ets>, <ets>f\'c6fe</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vijf</ets>, OS. <ets>f\'c6f</ets>, OHG. <ets>finf</ets>, <ets>funf</ets>, G. <ets>f\'81nf</ets>, Icel. <ets>fimm</ets>, Sw. & Sw. Dan. <ets>fem</ets>, Goth. <ets>fimf</ets>, Lith. <ets>penki</ets>, <ets>W</ets>. <ets>pump</ets>, OIr. <ets>c\'a2ic</ets>, L. <ets>quinque</ets>, Gr. <?/, \'92ol. <?/, Skr. <ets>pa<?/can</ets>. <?/ 303. Cf. <er>Fifth</er>, <er>Cinque</er>, <er>Pentagon</er>, <er>Punch</er> the drink, <er>Quinary</er>.]</ety> <def>Four and one added; one more than four.</def>
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<cs><col>Five nations</col> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>, <cd>a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.</cd></cs>
<h1>Five</h1> <Xpage=565>
<hw>Five</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.</def>
<blockquote><b>Five</b> of them were wise, and <b>five</b> were foolish. <i>Matt. xxv. 2.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.</def>
<h1>Five-finger</h1> <Xpage=565>
<hw>Five"-fin`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cinquefoil</er>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A starfish with five rays, esp. <spn>Asterias rubens</spn>.</def>
<h1>Fivefold</h1> <Xpage=565>
<hw>Five"fold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.</def>
<h1>Five-leaf</h1> <Xpage=565>
<hw>Five"-leaf`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cinquefoil; five-finger.</def>
<h1>Five-leafed, Five-leaved</h1> <Xpage=565>
<hw><hw>Five"-leafed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Five"-leaved`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.</def>
<h1>Fiveling</h1> <Xpage=565>
<hw>Five"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.</def>
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