The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.

See Furring.

Made of fir; abounding in firs.

The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a pre/minence in the combined effect.

Medical care provided immediately after an injury or sudden illness for the purpose of minimizing injurious effects, before more complete medical care becomes available.

Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.

distributed in order to those who request it in person; not subject to reservation for later delivery. Contrasted with reservable.

Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; -- of information; as, a firsthand report; firsthand information; firsthand knowledge.

decaying at an exponential rate; -- a mathematical concept applied to various types of decay, such as radioactivity and chemical reactions.

A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

of the highest quality; as, a first-rate reporter.

One who is first-rate.

First to play in a game; not reserved as a substitute; -- of members of a team. Also used in non-sports contexts to mean first-rate.

Being in the first year of an experience especially in a U. S. high school or college; -- of a person.

The first child born to a parent; as, his firstborn was showered with gifts from relatives.

First brought forth; first in the order of birth; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted; as, the firstborn child.

Firstborn.

In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.

An arm of the sea; a frith.

A public or state treasury.

The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer.

Pertaining to fustet or fisetin.

A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid.

To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.

Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.

See Fish-tackle.

A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.

a bone of a fish.

One who fishes.

One whose occupation is to catch fish.

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

a fly similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly.

Abounding with fish.

A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

The osprey (Pandion halia/tus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.

A hook for catching fish.

To change to fish.

The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike.

Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.

An investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, with no credible evidence of such wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation, and often without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven.

Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.

A dealer in fish.

a freshwater pond with fish.

The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)

to have the rear end skid from side to side, out of control: -- said of automobiles or other vehicles.

A fishwoman.

A woman who retails fish; a female fishmonger.

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

To run about; to frisk; to whisk.

A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.

Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

Having the tongue forked.

A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards.

Quality of being fissile.

A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.

Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; -- a property of certain isotopes of elements with heavy nuclei.

Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves.

Animals which reproduce by fission.

Reproduction by spontaneous fission.

Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.

Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.

One of the Fissipedia.

Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]

A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.

A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.

Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain.

The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.

To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.

a natural family of marine limpets.

To strike with the fist.

Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes.

A cuff or blow with the fist or hand a fight with the fists; boxing.

A pistachio nut.

An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.

A reed; a pipe.

Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.

A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.

Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.

To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

A fistula.

Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.

Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike.

Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.

A stroke or blow.

The European polecat; also, its fur.

Sharpened to a point; pointed.

Fitch/.

The European polecat (Putorius f/tidus). See Polecat.

Fitch/.

Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.

A fiddle.

In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.

The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment.

The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

See 2d Fit.

Suitable; fit.

same as outfitted, 1.

The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation.

A little piece; a flitter; a flinder.

Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.

A plant (Eryngium f/tidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.

The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

See Cinquefoil.

A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.

Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.

A California annual (Nemophila maculata) having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal.

Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.

In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.

A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.

A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.

Capable of being fixed.

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.