Part 4435

<hw>Fly"speck</hw> <tt>(fl?'sp?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.</def>

<h1>Flyspeck</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Fly"speck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To soil with flyspecks.</def>

<h1>Flytrap</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Fly"trap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1</b> <def>. A trap for catching flies.</def> <p><b>2</b>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant <spn>(Dion\'91a muscipula)</spn>, called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.</def>

<h1>Fnese</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Fnese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fn?san</ets>, <ets>gefn?san</ets>.]</ety> <def>To breathe heavily; to snort.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fo</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Fo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Chinese name of Buddha.</def>

<h1>Foal</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fole</ets>, AS. <ets>fola</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>folo</ets>, G. <ets>fohlen</ets>, Goth. <ets>fula</ets>, Icel. <ets>foli</ets>, Sw <ets>Lf?le</ets>, Gr.?????, L. <ets>pullus</ets> a young animal. Cf. <er>Filly</er>, <er>Poultry</er>, <er>Pullet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94.)</fld> <def>The young of any animal of the Horse family <spn>(Equid\'91)</spn>; a colt; a filly.</def>

<cs><col>Foal teeth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the first set of teeth of a horse.</cd> -- <mcol><col>In foal</col>, <col>With foal</col></mcol>, <cd>being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foal</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.& p.p.</tt> <er>Foaled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foaling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.</def>

<h1>Foal</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.i.</tt> <def>To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.</def>

<h1>Foalfoot</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foal"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>(Bot.) See <er>Coltsfoot</er>.</def>

<h1>Foam</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fam, fom</ets>, AS. <ets>f?m</ets>; akin to OHG. & G. <ets>feim</ets>.]</ety> <def>The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the <i>foam</i> of the sea.</def>

<cs><col>Foam cock</col>, <cd>in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foam</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.i.</tt> <wordforms>[imp.& p.p. <er>Foamed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.<tt>pos> <er>Foaming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. f?man. See Foam, n.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows <i>foam</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>foameth</b>, and gnasheth with his teeth. <i>Mark ix. 18.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2</b>. <def>To form foam, or become filled with foam; -- said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action</def>.

<h1>Foam</h1> <Xpage=577>

<hw>Foam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <def>To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.</def> "Foaming out their own shame." <i>Jude 13.</i></blockquote>