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n. [ LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ālfæt a pot to boil in; āl burning + fæt vat. ] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Asa + L. foetidus fetid. ] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [ Written also assafoetida. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Buffet. ] A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. [ 1913 Webster ]

A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. buffet, LL. bufetum; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaning to puff, hence (cf. puffed up) the idea of ostentation or display. ] 1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride
Turns you from sound philosophy aside. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A counter for food or refreshments. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: A restaurant containing such a counter, as at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A meal set out on a buffet[ 2 ], arranged so that guests may serve themselves and choose those items that they desire; as, a buffet dinner. Diners usually take a plate provided and move in a line past the items on the buffet[ 2 ], placing those items they desire on the plate, to be eaten at some convenient place. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. buffet, boffet, OF. buffet a slap in the face, a pair of bellows, fr. buffe blow, cf. F. bouffer to blow, puff; prob. akin to E. puff. For the meaning slap, blow, cf. F. soufflet a slap, souffler to blow. See Puff, v. i., and cf. Buffet sidebroad, Buffoon ] 1. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff. [ 1913 Webster ]

When on his cheek a buffet fell. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fortune's buffets and rewards. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go fetch us a light buffet. Townely Myst. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Buffeting. ] [ OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun. ] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. [ 1913 Webster ]

They spit in his face and buffeted him. Matt. xxvi. 67. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. Buffer. ] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make one's way by blows or struggling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strove to buffet to land in vain. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. struck repeatedly; -- used especially of impact from winds, and sometimes metaphorically; as, buffeted by criticism. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A striking with the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cafetière. ] 1. A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a room within a building functioning in the same manner as a cafeteria{ 1 }. In certain organizations, as schools, the food may be provided gratis. [ PJC ]

n. [ from cafeteria and auditorium. ] a large room within a building, especially a school, which functions as both a cafeteria and an auditorium. [ PJC ]

a. [ Caffeic + tannic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; sing. -fetto /sing>. [ It. Cf. Comfit. ] 1. Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. [ originally, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons (confetti{ 1 }). ] small bits or streamers of brightly colored paper, thrown in celebration by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. Deeply fetched or drawn. [ Obs. ] “Deep-fet groans.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Eft, n. ] (Zoöl.) The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus. ] No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning [ 1913 Webster ]

If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bind in fetters; to enchain. “Enfettered to her love.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. estafette, cf. Sp. estafeta; fr. It. stafetta, fr. staffa stirrup, fr. OHG. stapho footstep, footprint, G. stapfe; akin to E. step. ] A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n [ Pref. ex- + fetation. ] (Med.) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation. Hoblyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Far + fet, p. p. of Fette. ] Farfetched. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

York with his farfet policy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [ Obs. ] “Politic farfetches.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Far + fetch. ] To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. feat, F. fait, and It. fett&unr_; slice, G. fetzen rag, Icel. fat garment. ] A piece. [ Obs. ] Dryton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. fetten, feten, AS. fetian; akin to AS. fæt a journey, and to E. foot; cf. G. fassen to seize. √ 77. See Foot, and cf. Fetch. ] To fetch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Fette. Fetched. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fetus. ] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching. ] [ OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. √77. Cf. Fet, v. t. ] 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To reduce; to throw. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll fetch a turn about the garden. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He fetches his blow quick and sure. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. [ 1913 Webster ]

They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. W. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place. --
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. --
To fetch headway or
To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. --
To fetch out, to develop. “The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [ of marble ]” Addison. --
To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [ Obs. ] “Says [ the hare ], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.” L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every little fetch of wit and criticism. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind blows to generate waves. [ RH ]

4. Hence: The length of such a region. [ RH ]

Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. --
To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fetches or brings. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn. -- appealing, taking, winning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See feat. ] A feat. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Foot. ] Feet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Feast. ] A festival. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fête champêtre ety>[ F. ], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fêted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fêting. ] [ Cf. F. fêter. ] To feast; to honor with a festival.

n. [ Written also fœticide. ] [ Fetus + L. caedere to kill. ] (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Fetichism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. fétide. ] Having an offensive smell; stinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fetidness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being fetid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fetus + -ferous. ] Producing young, as animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. fetis, faitis. Cf. Factitious. ] Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Neatly; gracefully; properly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

{ n. }[ F. fétiche, from Pg. feiti&unr_;o, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious. ] 1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

{ 277), n. }[ Cf. F. fétichisme. ] [ Written also feticism. ] 1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.