Fence, v. n.

    1. Practise fencing, use the sword.
    2. Shuffle, evade, equivocate, prevaricate, hedge.

Fencing, n. Manual defence (with small swords or foils), art of self-defence, swordsmanship, fence.

Fen-cricket, n. Churr-worm, mole-cricket, fan-cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).

Fend off. (Naut.) Keep off, ward off, keep from collision.

Fennish, a. See fenny.

Fenny, a. Marshy, swampy, boggy, fennish.

Ferine, a Wild (as lions, tigers, etc.), untamed, ferocious, savage, fierce, ravenous, rapacious.

Ferment, n.

    1. Yeast, leaven, barm.
    2. Fermentation, fungic transformation.
    3. Agitation, commotion, tumult, heat, glow, fever, state of excitement.

Ferment, v. a.

    1. Set in fermentation, set fermenting, produce fermentation in, transform by means of a ferment.
    2. Excite, agitate, heat.

Ferment, v. n.

    1. Work, be in a ferment, undergo fermentation, be fermented.
    2. Be excited, be agitated, be on fire.

Ferocious, a.

    1. Untamed (like a wild beast), savage, fierce, wild, ravenous, rapacious, ferine.
    2. Barbarous, cruel, inhuman, brutal, fell, ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, sanguinary, bloody, Vandalic.

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