List of Old English Words in the OED/FA

Old English	sp	English
Fade	vb	OE. fadian. - to dispose, sort, arrange.
Fain	n	Gladness, joy, pleasure.
Fain	vb	To be delighted, glad, rejoice. 2. to desire, wish. 3. to pretend kindness. 4. to make glad, congratulate. 5. to rejoice in, enjoy, to take gladly, show preference for
Fain	adj.	Glad, rejoiced, well-pleased; hence necessitated, obliged; disposed willing, eager. 2. well-pleased, flattered, as 'fine words to make fair maidens fain.' 3. glad under the circumstances; glad or content to take a certain course in default of opportunity for anything better; the lesser of two evils. 4. necessitated, obliged. 5. disposed, inclined or willing, eager. 6. apt, wont, wish. 7. well disposed, favourably.
Fain	phr	"Fain and Fain" - gladly and willingly, with pleasure.
Fain	phr	"Full Fain" -
Fain	phr	"Glad and Fain" -
Fain	phr	"I Would Have Fained Otherwise"
Fainhood	n	Gladness, joy.
Faining	adj	Gladsome, affectionate, also longing, wishful.
Fainlessly	adv	Without attempted evasion.
Fainly	adv	Gladly, eagerly.
Fain-ness	n	Quality or state of being fain. 2. eagerness, gladless, joy.
Fair	n
Fair	adj	Things in general: clean, unspoiled, unstained, beautiful, agreeable, delightful, considerable, free from blemish, elegant. 2. of animals: beautiful, handsome, as the roebuck, the swan, the partridge. 3. of sounds: agreeable, delightful. 4. desirable, reputable. of an estate: considerable, handsome in amount. 5. external manifestations, words, promises: attractive, or pleasing at first sight or hearing; specious, plausible, flattery. 6. of light complexion, free from blemish, disfigurement. 7. of fruit, flesh : sound, free from disease or specks. 8. of water: clean, pure, clear not cloudy. 9. handwriting: legible, cursed. 10. of a surface: free from roughness, or irregularities, smooth. 11. of character, conduct, reputation: free from moral stain, unblemished.
Fair	phr	"Fair Enough"
Fair	phr	"Fair to Middling"- slightly above the average.
Fair	phr	"Full Fed and Fair"
Fair	phr	"Have the Fair of" - get the better of.
Fair	phr	"Make Fair Weather" -
Fair	phr	"To Make It Fair with" - to deal complaisantly.
Fair	phr	"To Stand Fair" - to be beautiful.
Fair-ankled	adj
Fair-born	adj
Faird	n	Ferd, fyrd, fare:to go. 2. motion, rush, impetus, hence impetuosity, violent onset.
Fair day	n	Success in battle, life, work.
Fair Deal	n
Fair-Dealer	n
Fair-dealing	adj	Honourable, honest.
Fair-doing	adj	Trustworthy.
Fair-eyed	adj
Fair-faxed	adj	Having fair or blond hair
Fair go	n
Fair-haired	adj	Having fair or light-coloured hair.
Fair-haired son	n	Favoured or favorite, blue-eyed boy.
Fair-headed	adj	Beautiful, attractive, appealing
Fair-in-sight	n	The flower 'The Bluebell"
Fairish	adj	Moderately good, passable, tolerably well (in health). 2. merry in drink. 3. considerable in amount. 4. in a fair manner, to a fair degree.
Fair-like	adj	In good condition, well-looking, healthy
Fairly	adv	Of appearance: beautifully, handsomely. 2. in a bad sense: speciously. 3. of writing: elegantly, neatly, courteously, respectfully. 4. candidly, impartially, without undue advantage on either side. 5. becomingly, fitly, properly, suitably, proportionately. 6. proper by lawful means, legitimately, opposed to foully. 7. gently, peacefully, quickly, sublety. 8. clearly, distinctly, plainly.
Fairlock	adj	Fairness, beauty.
Fair Maid of Kent	n	Crowfoot: Ranunculus acaniflorus.
Fair-minded	adj
Fair-mindedness	adj
Fairness	n	Condition or quality of being fair. 2. beauty, abstractly something that is fair. 3. of women: lightness of colour of skin, complexion. 3. equitableness, fair-dealing, honesty, uprightness, impartiality. 4. of gentlemen : courtesy.
Fairness	phr	"With Fairness" - by gentle means.
Fair play	n
Fairship	n	Fairness, fair-dealing, honesty
Fairship-ness	n	Beauty, the personality of a fair-lady.
Fairsome	adj	Beautiful,
Fair-speaking	adj	Eloquent, fair-spoken, gifted with fair speech, fair-tongued. 2. courteous, pleasant. 3. of words: bland; pleasant
Fair-sunned	adj	Well-sunned.
Fair-told	adj	Favorably told, favourably affecting one.
Fair-tongued	adj
Fairway	n
Fair-weathered	adj
Fair-weather friend	n
Fair-world	n	A good time, state of prosperity.
Faken	n	Fraud, guile, wickedness, crime.
Faken	adj	Deceitful, fraudulent.
Faken-deed	n	A wicked deed, a sin.
Fakenfulness	n	Deceitfulness, deceit.
Fakenless	adj	Without deceit, simple, innocent.
Faldage	n	An old privilege by which the lord of the manor could set up folds in any field within the manor, in which his tenants were obliged to put their sheep, the object being to manure the land.
Faldfee	n	Some kind of manorial dues, as "fald and fee".
Faldstol	n	An armless chair used by bishops and other prelates. 2. a movable, folding-stool or desk at which worshippers kneel
Fall	n	Disemboguement of a river; the place where this occurs: the mouth. 2. something that falls, as a trapdoor; pitfall.
Fall	vb.
Fall	phr	"Fall after" - of a dream, to come true.
Fall	phr	"Fall at " - at hand; to be near at hand. 2. to be going to happen.
Fall	phr	"Fall away" - one who falls away from religion; apostasy.
Fall	phr	"Fall back"
Fall	phr	"Fall Back Upon"
Fall	phr	"Fall behind" -
Fall	phr	"FalL By"
Fall	phr	"Fair fall or Foul Fall" - may good or evil befall you.
Fall	phr	"Fall For"-
Fall	phr	"Fall forth" - to fall out, (to drop out; to happen, occur, to quarrel, fight.
Fall	phr	"Fall From" -
Fall	phr.	"Fall in" -realize, understand. 2. to come upon by chance; light upon.
Fall	phr	"Fall in Hand to" - to set oneself a course of action; set upon a person.
Fall	phr	"Fall Into" - to come upon by chance.
Fall	phr	"Fall in With" - adopt, comply with s.t. already existing, join
Fall	phr	"Fall on (upon)" - to come upon by chance.
Fall	phr	"Fall on One's Feet" -
Fall	phr	"Fall Through" -
Fall	phr	"Fall To" -
Fall	phr	"Fall Under"
Fall	phr	"Fall Upon"
Fall	phr	"Fall What Can" - what will fall, happen, befall
Fall	phr	"Fall With" -
Fall	phr	"Fall Within"
Fall	phr	"Ride for a Fall"
Fallenness	n	The state of being fallen; esp. degeneracy, (degeneration) consequent upon "The Fall"
Fallen-stars	n	The plant "Tremella nostoc"
Fallen woman	n	One who has surrendered her chastity.
Faller	n	One who falls or fails in various senses. 2. a faller of timber
Falling	n
Falling-in-Love	n	The state or condition of being enamoured or being in love.
Falling	phr	"The Falling of the Leaf" - autumn, fall. 2. depression of the soul.
Falling	phr	"Falling in Love"-
Falling-sickness	n	Epilepsy.
Falling star	n	A meteor; a shooting star.
Falling-weather	n	Applied to the weather in which rain, snow or hail falls or may be expected to fall.
Fall-less	adj	Having no Fall or Autumn. 2. fruit that stays on the vine. 3. aa boxer who cannot be knocked down.
Fall-out	n	Consequences, blowback; harm, disadvantage. 2. radioactive refuse.
Fallow	n	Ground plough and harrowed, but left uncropped for a year or more. 2 Fallowness: the condition of being fallow, idleness
Fallow	vb	Fade, wither, grow pale, blanch. 2. to plough
Fallow	adj	Pale brownish or reddish yellow in colour
Fallow-deer	n	Cervus damo or Dama vulgaris.
Fallowed	adj
Fallow-finch	n.	The plant wheatear (saxicola oeananthe)
Fallowing	n	The action or operation of ploughing and breaking up land; an instance of this. 2. method or system by which land is ploughed.
Fallowness	n	The condition of being fallow. 2. idleness
False	adj	Origin: before 1000; ME, late OE. fals < Latin falsus feigned, false, orig. past participle of fallere to deceive; reinforced by or reborrowed from AF., OF. fals, erroneous, wrong, not according to rule or principle or law; not true or correct; erroneous. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend. 4. tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive. 5. not genuine; counterfeit. 6. dishonestly; faithlessly; treacherously: 'did he speak false against me? 7. play someone false, to betray someone; be treacherous or faithless. 8.not in accordance with the truth or facts. 9. irregular or invalid: a false start. 10. un-truthful or lying: a false tale. 11. not genuine, real, or natural; artificial; fake: false eyelashes. 12. being or intended to be misleading or deceptive. 13. based on mistaken or irrelevant ideas or facts: false pride. 14. ( prenominal ) (esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified: false hellebore. 15. serving to supplement or replace, often temporarily: a false keel 16. music a. (of a note, interval, etc) out of tune. b. (of the interval of a perfect fourth or fifth) decreased by a semitone. c. (of a cadence) interrupted or imperfect.
False	phr	"Play someone false" - to betray someone; be treacherous or faithless.
False dawn	n	A transient light which precedes the true dawn by about an hour (a phenomena common in The East, also fig.
Falsedom	n	Treachery, untruthness, falsehood.
False-hearted	adj
False-heartedness	n
Falsehood	n
Falseship	n	The quality of being false. 2. untruthfulness, dishonesty, decency.
False-tongued	adj
Fan	n	An instrument for winnowing grain. 2. a basket for separating corn from chaff by throwing it into the air. 3. instrument for blowing a fire. 4. delta of a river.
Fan	vb	To winnow corn or corn. 2. to flap like a bird in flight; flutter. 3. of the wind: blow to move or drive the air about; also, to stir water in this way. 4. to wave to create movement of air.
Fand	vb	To put to proof by test (a person or thing). 2. to make a trial of one's strength or skill. 3. to taste or try food. 4. to prove, try, try to find out, experiment with. 5. to examine, scam. 6. to test, tempt, prove God. 6. to endeavor to lead into evil (tempt). 7. in a good or neutral sense: to try to induce someone to do something. 8. to have experience of dealing with a person or matter. 9. to have carnal knowledge with. 10. to enquire, seek. look for, enquire into a matter. 11. to search a place for, explore. 12 to ask. 13. to attempt, ask. 14. to busy oneself, to go, precede. 15. to attempt to undertake deed or action. 16. to take care of.
Fanding	n	The action of trying. 2. a testing or putting to proof; a trial. 3. a trying to do or find out something. 4. an attempt, experiment. 5. temptation. 6. tempting by providence.
Fane	n	Pennant, banner, flag. 2. weathercock
Fang	n	A catch, grip, a tight grasp, capture. 2. the act or fact of catching or seizing. that which is caught or taken; plunder, spoils, booty. 3. an instrument for catching or holding, a noose, trap, snare.
Fang	n	A tooth, a human tooth, a canine tooth. 2. a canine tooth, tusk, applied general to animals, spec. to teeth of dogs, wolves, etc. 3. the venom tooth of a snake. 4. mandible of an insect. 5. a claw. talon. 6. a tapering pointed part of anything which is embedded in something else. 6. a tang, spike, tang of a tooth. 7. root of a tooth, or one of the prongs that divide it.
Fang	vb	To grasp, seize, hold on to, take hold of, lay hold of something or someone. 2. to fang up: to pluck up the heart or courage; to take up, get, procure, as in to fang cristendom: to take up christian belief; receive Christian baptism; to fang mankind: to become human in nature, to welcome, receive a guest, promise, resolve, undertake; To fang to- to take one's way, sponsor in. 4. to fang with in the embrace; with or under the protection or safety of. 5. to lose the fang- to miss one's aim; fail in an attempt. 6. of a thief: "taken in fang" (plunder).
Fang	phr	"To Fang One's Way" - to undertake a battle. 2. to take or engage a person or a thing for a purpose; promise, resolve. 3. to take one's way, go proceed. 4. go set about, proceed, begin, start.
Fang	phr	"to Strike one's Fangs into" - to bite, savage, menace.
Fanging	n	The action of verb: grasping, seizing, catching, lay hold of. 2. the action of earning wages. 3. the action of standing sponsor.
Fangless	adj	Toothless, without fangs. 2. of a tooth having no roots.
Fangy	adj	Having a number of fangs or teeth. 2. that divided into fangs. 3. resembling fangs.
Fanner	n	One who winnows grain with a fan. 2. one who fans himself or others. 3.
Fanning	n	The action of winnowing. 2. the sifting of tea. 3. the fanning or moving of of air with a fan.
Fanning-out	vb	Spreding out.
Far	vb	To put off, remove (only in the expression of a wish).
Far-away	adj	Distant, remote, extreme. 2. a long time ago.
Far-awayness	n	The state or quality of being remote (ness), distance, longly removed sate. 2. what is faraway: distant parts. 3. the dim distance. 4. film taken at a distance, as distinct from "close-up".
Far-back	n	Remote in space; inaccessibility. 2. the most remote districts or back settlements.
Far-being	n	The state of being at a distance.
Far-between	adj	Occurring at long intervals; infrequent.
Far-born	adj	Born along ago.
Far-come	adj	hat which has come from a distance.
Fard	n	Ferd, fyrd, fare -to go. 2. motion, rush, impetus, hence impetuousity, ardour, violent onset.
Far-day	n	The latter part of the day; the high day.
Fardel	n	OE. forth part.
Far-down	n	An Irish-American belonging to a family which emigrated from the North of Ireland. 2. a poor person, needy, indigent.
Far-down	adj	Situated or existing below.
Fare	n	A going, journeying, course, passage, voyage. 2. expedition for a journey; the rigging out of a ship; apparel, belongings. 3. a road, track. 4. track or trace of a rabbit or hare. 5. a number of person prepared for a journey. 6. a troop, multitude; a swarm of flies. 7. a passage or excursion for which a price is paid; cost of conveyance (now of persons only), but formerly, also of money for goods transported. 8. passengers collectively, convoy of passengers that engage a vehicle plying for hire. 9. mode of proceeding, bearing, demeanour, appearance, aspect. 10. doings, proceedings, actions, fighting. 11. display, pomp, commotion, uproar, fuss. 12. condition, state or state of things, welfare of things, prosperity, success. 13. food, in regard to it's quality; supply or provision (abundance or scarcity)
Fare	n	A farrow, a litter of pigs.
Fare	vb
Fare	vb	To have a litter.
Fare	phr	"To Fare On" - to rush on, attack, assault.
Fare	phr	"To Let Fare" - to let go
Fare	phr	"To Make Fare" - a thing to make use of, employ, possess, live upon (food), make plentiful of food.
Far East	n	"The Far East" - the extreme far-eastern regions of The Old World, esp. China and Japan.
Far-eastern	adj	Pertaining or belonging to the extreme east; The Orient.
Fare forth	vb	To go about, to go forth, depart, start. 2. to go on, advance, with respect to space and time. 3. to go by, pass way.
Fare-free	adj	Fee paid on the quitting of a tenancy.
Far-end	n	The extremities; the last stages of life, strength, resources.
Farer	n	A traveler, seafarer, wayfarer.
Far-eyed	adj	Far-sighted, far-seeing.
Fare up	vb	To get.
Farewell	n
Farewell	vb
Farewell	phr	"Bid Farewell" - the payment on quitting tenancy. 2. an after-taste, tang. 3. applied to a point where one bids farewell or parts from anothure person.
Farewell	phr	"Farewell Fieldfare" - said to one of whom the speaker wishes to see no more, in allusion to the fieldfare departure northward at the end of winter.
Farewell	phr	"Go Farewell" - to go away; be dismissed.
Farewell	phr	"Fare you Well"-
Farfarer	n	Far-goer, distant voyager or traveler.
Far-fetched	adj	Brought from far; foreign. 2. of pedigree: traced from remote origin. 3. devious, circuitous. 4. of an argument, notion, simile, etc. studiously, sort out, strained, not easily or naturally introduced.
Far-fetchedness	n	The state of being far-fetched, remote, not easily introduced, etc.
Far-forth	adv	To a great distance or extent for.
Far-forth day	n	Late in the day, high day. 2. in reference to distance in state, space, time, as some day (time) far into the future; thus far forth, so far forth that.
Far-forthly	adv	To a great or definite extent; also entirely excellent.
Far-goer	n	One who travels far or long distances.
Far-gone	adj	Advanced to a great extent or age.
Far-hand	n	The condition or standing of one that seeks employment away from home.
Faring	n	Journeying, travelling, an instance of this. 2. condition or state ; esp. a passing condition of the body. 3. entertaintment; also, plural (farings)- made dishes.
Faring	adj	That has a specified condition or state, as well faring, better faring, best faring.
Faringly	adv	Like one in a specified condition; in a well, ill, conditioned manner
Farish	adj	Somewhat far;
Farish	phr	"Farish on" - late (far into) in time, as, "getting farish in years".
Farish	phr	"Getting Farish in Years" - getting advanced in years, elderly.
Farland	adj	Coming from a distance; foreign.
Farly	adv	To a great extent or distance.
Farm	n	May be related to farm : a tract of land leased. 2. food, provision, hence a banquet, feast.
Farm	vb	To cleanse, empty, purge.
Farmer	n	One who cleanses, empties, purges.
Farness	n	State or fact or being far; remoteness. 2. also occasionally of sight: far-reachingness. 3. amount of distance. 4. distant part, distance.
Far-off	adj	Long ago, long-time ago as, " far-off years, when he had his share in life's true wealth, bright youth and health". 2. far, distant, remote ( in space, in time, in relationship). 3. of thoughts, looks, (fig)- distant, from a former time (in eyes).
Far-off	phr	"In the Far-off" - in the past; in the future.
Far-offness	n	The state or fact of being far off; distant.
Far out	adj	Remote, distant. 2. of music, fashion, trends, latest, most progressive, kind, avant-garde, excellent, splendid, far-fetched.
Far-reaching	adj	That reaches for (extensive lit & fig.) 2. exerting an influence or producing an effect which extends in space or time.
Far-reaching-ness	n	The state or quality of being far-reaching in various senses.
Farrow	n	A young pig. 2. a litter of pigs. 3. of a sow "with farrow": with young. 4. an instance of farrow or farrowing - producing a litter.
Farrow	vb	Of a sow: to bring forth young. 2. to produce a litter.
Far-seeing	adj	Far-sighted, far-eyed.
Far-side	n	"The Far-side" - the right-handed side.
Far-sight	n	The ability to see far (lit & fig.)
Far-sighted	adj	Furnished with the capacity for distant vision. 2. (fig.) - forecasting, prudent, shrewd. 3. able to see an object at a distant, more clearly than one at close hand.
Far-sightedly	adv	In a far-sighted manner
Far-sightedness	n	The state of being far-sighted.
Farther	adv
Farther	adj
Farther-deal	n	An advantage.
Fartherer	n	As in a "fartherer of the truth"
Farthermore	adv	Furthermore.
Farthermost	adj
Farthing	n	A coin worth one fourth or quarter of a penny. 2. name of various measures of land, as "a quarter of a hide." - a virgate ( aa rendering of the OE.gierdland); a quarter of an acre.
Farthing-deal	n	One fourth part of anything; a quarter. 2. a quarter of an acre: a rood.
Farthing-land	n
Farthing-less	adj	Without a farthing; destitute, poor, very needy, impoverished.
Farthingworth	n	As much as is bought or sold for a farthing; a very small amount.
Far-went	adj	That has wended or travelled far.
Fas	n	A border, fringe. 2. something worthless.
Fasel	n
Fash	n	A fringe; anything with a fringe. 2. resembling a fringe. 3. the tops of carrots, turnip, or mangolds. 4. rough edge or ridge left on nails, bullets etc.
Fash	adj	Hairy.
Fast	n
Fast	vb
Fast	adj
Fast	phr	"Fast or Loose" - ignore one's obligations, which are acknowledge to another. 2. to be slippery, inconsistent, inconstancy.
Fast	phr	"Pull a Fast One" - take an unfair advantage.
Fast	phr	"To Live Fast" - to expend quickly one's vital energy. 2. to have lived a dissipated life.
Fast day	n
Fasten	n	Fasting, an act of fastening.
Fasten	vb	To make fast, firm or stable. 2. to establish, settle, confirm. 3. to become firm. 4. to set firm or solid. 5. to strengthen, harden. 6. to sure, confirm, agree, ratify (an agreement). 7. to fortify. 8. to make fast (in fetters); to render unable to move. 9. to make fast to something else, attach, tie or bond of any kind 10.
Fasten	phr	"Fasten the Feet" - to get or obtain some foothold. 2. to become firm. 3. to set firm or solid. 3. to strengthen, harden.
Fasten	phr	"Fasten Upon" - use with material objects: stick to, adhere to, attach to.
Fasten	phr	Fasten Together" -
Fastener	n	One who fastens. 2. that which serves to fasten anything. 3. a warrant for arrest.
Fastens	n	Sometimes spelt fasteens: the eve of or day before Lent- the fast of Lent: Shrove Tuesday.
Faster	n	One who abstains from food.
Fast fingers	n
Fast-food	n
Fast-gong	n	Fast-gong tide; fastingong: Shrove Tide.
Fastingly	adv	In a fasting manner, abstemiously, sparing.
Fastish	adj	Somewhat fast.
Fastland	n	The mainland, as distinguish from islands. 2. the continent (Europe); a continent.
Fast lane	n
Fast life	n	.
Fastly	adv	In a fixed or steady manner. 2. firmly, unwaveringly. 3. without intermission or cessation. 4. closely, security. 5. quickly, rapidly, speedily; hence readily.
Fast-mass	n	Shrove-tide.
Fastness	n	Quality or state of being firmly fixed, fixedness, stability, firm attachment. 2. fidelity, loyalty, firm adherence. 3. close alliance. 4. quality or state of being compact or close; density, solidity. 5. of style: conciseness, pithiness. 6. capacity for gripping tightly or retaining; tenacity, retentivenss. 7. security from invasion, safety, strength. 8. difficulty of access. 9. rapidity, swiftness. 10 of persons: quality of being fast in manner, talk or living mode. 11. that which fastens or keeps fast. 12. support, help. 13. a stronghold, fortress.
Fastrede	adj	Firm with purpose; steadfast.
Fast-rooted	adj	Fixed firmly.
Fast-rootedness	n	The condition or state of being firmly fixed.
Fastship	n	Quality of gripping tightly, parsimony.
Fast worker	n	One quick to purse women in amatory context
Fat	n	A vessel, a vessel of silver or other metal; esp. one holding holy water. 2. a vessel of a large size for liquids, a tub; a brewer vat, a wine cask. 3. cask or barrel containing dry things. 4. a measure of capacity.
Fat	vb	To bedaub with fat or grease. 2. to cover thickly. 3. grow or become fat. 4. to make fat, fatten, feed up (animals). 5. to enrich the soil, fertilize with nutritious and stimulating elements.
Fat	adj
Fat-cat	n
Fat-guts	n
Fat-head	n	Stolt, imbecile, dolt
Fatherhood	n
Father	n
Father	phr	"Father of the Waters"- The Mississippi
Father	n	"Ghostly Father" -the title given to a confessor or spiritual director.
Father	phr	"God The Father" - the first part of the Trinity.
Father	n	"The Holy Father" - The Pope; His Holy Fatherhood.
Fathering	n
Fatherkin	n	Descent from or by the father's side; spearside.
Fatherland	n	The land of one's birth; one's country.
Fatherland	phr	"In Fatherland" - at home, living in one's country of birth; land of one's fathers; the mother country.
Fatherlandish	adj	Pertaining to or of one's country.
Fatherlandless	adj	Unpatriotic. 2. stateless, born at sea, without a nationality.
Fatherless	adj	Having no father. 2. of a book etc, without a known author, anonymous.
Fatherlessness	n
Father-like	adj	Resembling one's father. 2. having the bearing and aspect of one's father. 3. such is as proper to a father; such as a father would do.
Father-like	adv	In a fatherly manner, fatherly.
Fatherliness	n	Quality of being a fatherly. 2. fatherly in characteristics, function or feeling.
Fatherly	adv	Paternal, of or pertaining to ancestors, ancestral, venerable. 2. resembling a father; hence venerable in character or demeanour. 3. in a fatherly manner, as a father with a father care and affection.
Fathers	n	"The Fathers" : the fathers of the ameriacan constitution, the "founding fathers."
Fathership	n	The paternal state or relation. 2. of a father: paternity, fatherhood.
Fathom	n	The embracing arms = bosom (OE. only). 2. fig. grasp, power. 3. object of the embrace - the wife of thy bosom. 4. stretching of the arms in a straight line to the full extent. 5. breadth of one's comprehension, grasp of intellect or ability. 6. a measure of length. 7. length by outstretched arms, including the hands to the tip of the longest finger; hence a definite measure of six feet.
Fathom	vb	To encircle with extended arms.
Fathom	phr	"Fathom's deep" - deep in many respect. 2. excessively deep.
Fathom	phr	"Fathom's down" -
Fathom	phr	"Fathom Together" - to embrace a person; to embrace mutually.
Fathoming	n
Fathom-less	adj	That cannot be measured with a fathom line; a measureless depth. 2. an abyss (metaphorical). 3. that cannot be penetrated or wholly understood; incomprehensible.
Fathomlessly	adv
Fatless	adj	Without fat or greasy matter.
Fatling	n	A calf, lamb or other young animal fatted for slaughter. 2. small and fat
Fatly	adv	Grossly greasy; plentiful. 2. to a great extent, largely, clumsily.
Fatness	n	Quality of being fat, or overweight. 2 plumpness, corpulence. 3. breadth or thickness. 4. of a, or belonging to a tree: oiliness, juiceness. 5. of soil: unctuousness, fertility, luxuriance 5. that which makes fertile; of a fertilizing property or virtue.
Fatten	vb	To make plump. 2. fatten for market or slaughter. 3. to grow fat, become fat, become thicker. 4. to enrish the soil 5. fig. & transfig. to pamper.
Fatten	adj	What has been made fat.
Fattening	n	The process of making fat or becoming fat. 2. the action of thickening.
Fattily	adv	A morbid disposition of fat.
Fattiness	n	The quality or condition of being fat or fatty.
Fattish	adj	Somewhat fatty or fat. 2. somewhat greasy or unctuous.
Fattishness	n	The quality of being fattish.
Fatty	adj	Resembling fat; the nature of fat, unctuous, oligenous, greasy. 2. besmeared with fat, greasy. 3. of animals and their limbs: full. 4. of fat, plump, well-fed. 5. of a leaf: full of sap, juicy. 6. marked by a morbid disposition of fat. 7. tending to producing fat. 8. a fat person (a nickname).
Fat-ware	n	Cattle fatted for market.
Fat-witted	adj	Slow and dully, mental unalert, thick-headed, anyone's fool, stupid, ready to be used or exploit.
Faw	adj	OE. fay; in modern English would normally be fough or fow. 2. coloured, stained, streaky, particoloured, variegated. 2. of an object that reflects light. 3. bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling.
Fawn	vb	To fawn upon. 2. to wag the tail. 3. to caress, pat the head of a dog. 4. to effect with a servile fondness. 5. to court favour or notice by abject demeanour. 6. to fawn upon a person, his looks, etc. 7. to cringe to (a person); curry favour, flatter, cajole, wheedle.
Fawner	n	One who fawns, cringes, a toading, a sycophant.
Fawnguest	n	A fawning parasite, a sycophant, toady. 2. one who swindles another under the guise of friendship.
Fawning	n	Said of animals: cringing, servile, flattery or homage. 2. an instance of this.
Fawningly	adv	In a fawning manner. 2. caressingly, joyfully. 3. cringing, flattering, servilely.
Fawingness	n	A fawning disposition or demeanour. 2. cringing behavoiur, servility.
Fawn	adj
Fawnish	adj
Fawnsome	adj	Of a animal: disposed to fawning, showing fondness.
Fawny	adj	Fond,
Faw-thistle	n	Labrum veneris: lit. coloured thistle or teasel.
Fax	n	The hair of the head. 2. the face (derisively)
Faxed	adj	Having hair; hairy.
Faxed-star	n	A comet, from it flowing tail's resemblance to hair flowing in the breeze.
Fay	vb	To fit, adapt, or join. 2. to put together, add, compose. 3. fix or fasten in position. 4. to fit, furnish with. 5. to suit, to match with. 6. of a coat: to fit or fay in. 5. to suit, match with. 6. do, suit, go on favourably, succeed. 7. shipbuilding: to fit (a piece of timber) closely or accurately to another. 8. of timber: to fit close, so as to leave no intervening space.
Fay	phr	"To Fay Upon Long" - to postpone. 2. to fix at a distant point (in time).