Part 4536

<blockquote>Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to <b>fossilize</b> her girlish mirth. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fossilize</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become fossil.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.</def>

<h1>Fossilized</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"sil*ized</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>fossilized</b> sample of confused provincialism. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fossores</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos*so"res</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fossor<?/</ets> digger, fr. <ets>fodere</ets> to dig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Fossoria</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Fossoria</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos*so"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fossores</er>.</def>

<h1>Fossorial</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos*so"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fossor</ets> a digger.]</ety> <def>Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; <as>as, a <ex>fossorial</ex> foot; a <ex>fossorial</ex> animal.</as></def>

<h1>Fossorious</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos*so"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Fossulate</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"su*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fossula</ets> little ditch, dim. of <ets>fossa</ets>. See <er>Fosse</er>.]</ety> <def>Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.</def>

<h1>Foster</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fostered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fostering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fostren</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>f\'d3ster</ets>, <ets>f\'d3stor</ets>, food, nourishment, fr. <ets>f\'d3da</ets> food. \'fb75. See <er>Food</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.</def>

<blockquote>Some say that ravens <b>foster</b> forlorn children. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; <as>as, to <ex>foster</ex> genius</as>.</def>

<h1>Foster</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"ter</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be nourished or trained up together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Foster</h1> <Xpage=589>

<hw>Fos"ter</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>f\'d3ster</ets>, <ets>f\'d3stor</ets>, nourishment. See <er>Foster</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Foster</col> <col>babe, &or; child</col></mcol>, <cd>an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Foster brother</col>, <col>Foster sister</col></mcol>, <cd>one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage.</cd> -- <col>Foster dam</col>, <cd>one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse.</cd> <i>Dryden.</i> -- <col>Foster earth</col>, <cd>earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil.</cd> <i>J. Philips.</i> -- <col> Foster father</col>, <cd>a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child.</cd> <i>Bacon.</i> -- <col>Foster land</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Land allotted for the maintenance of any one.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>One's adopted country.</cd> -- <col>Foster lean</col> <ety>[<ets>foster<ets> + AS. <ets>l\'91n<ets> <cd>a loan See <er>Loan</er>.]</ety>, <cd>remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <i>Wharton.</i> -- <col>Foster mother</col>, <cd>a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse.</cd> -- <col>Foster nurse</col>, <cd>a nurse; a nourisher. <mark>[R.]</mark></cd> <i>Shak.</i> -- <col>Foster parent</col>, <cd>a foster mother or foster father.</cd> -- <col>Foster son</col>, <cd>a male foster child.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foster</h1> <Xpage=589>