Part 4517

<h1>Formedon</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"me*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF., fr. Latin. So called because the plaintiff claimed "by the form of the gift,: L. <ets>per formam doni</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.</def>

<h1>Formell</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"mell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of F. <ets>forme</ets> the female of a bird of prey.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The female of a hawk or falcon.</def>

<h1>Former</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>Form"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who forms; a maker; a creator.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A cutting die.</def>

<h1>Former</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[A compar. due to OE. <ets>formest</ets>. See <er>Foremost</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.</def>

<blockquote>For inquire, I pray thee, of the <b>former</b> age. <i>Job. viii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The latter and <b>former</b> rain. <i>Hosea vi. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Near the beginning; preceeding; <as>as, the <ex>former</ex> part of a discourse or argument</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.</def>

<blockquote>A bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic; a man may be the <b>former</b> merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding; foregoing.</syn>

<h1>Formeret</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For`me*ret"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.</def>

<h1>Formerly</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"mer*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.</def>

<h1>Formful</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>Form"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Creative; imaginative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "The <i>formful</i> brain."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Formic</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>formica</ets> an ant: cf. F. <ets>formique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; <as>as, <ex>formic</ex> acid</as>; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; <as>as, <ex>formic</ex> ether</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Amido formic acid</col>, <cd>carbamic acid.</cd> -- <col>Formic acid</col>, <cd>a colorless, mobile liquid, <chform>HCO.OH</chform>, of a sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.</cd></cs>

<h1>Formica</h1> <Xpage=587>

<hw>For*mi"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., an ant.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See <er>Ant</er>.</def>

<h1>Formicaroid</h1> <Xpage=587>