Chapter For the nonce to Fresh of F by Soule's Synonymes

Four handed, a. Quadrumanous.

Fourierism, n. Socialism, phalansterianism, humanitarianism, Saint-Simonianism.

Fourscore, a. and n. Eighty.

Foursquare, a. Quadrangular.

Fowl, n.

1. Bird, winged animal.

2. Poultry, barn-door fowl, domestic fowl.

Foxglove, n. Digitalis.

Fox-shark, n. Thrasher, sea-fox, sea-ape, (Carcharias vulpes).

Foxy, a. Artful, wily, cunning, crafty, sly, subtle.

Fracas, n. Uproar, tumult, disturbance, outbreak, noisy quarrel, row (colloq.)

Fraction, n.

1. Part, portion, fragment, section, piece, bit, scrap.

2. (Arith.) Part of a unit.

Fractional, a.

1. Broken, fragmentary.

2. Pertaining to fractions, of fractions.

Fractious, a. Cross, captious, petulant, touchy, testy, peevish, fretful, splenetic, pettish, snappish, waspish, irritable.

Fracture, n.

1. Breaking, rupture.

2. Break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, flaw, rent, opening.

Fragile. a.

1. Brittle, frangible, easily broken.

2. Frail, weak, feeble. See infirm.