Feudatory
(Feu"da*to*ry) n.; pl. Feudatories A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on
condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal.
Blackstone.
[He] had for feudatories great princes.
J. H. Newman. Feudatory
(Feu"da*to*ry), a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. Bacon.
Feu de joie
(||Feu` de joie") [F., lit., fire of joy.] A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a
firing of guns in token of joy.
Feudist
(Feud"ist) n. [Cf. F. feudiste.] A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.
Feuillants
(||Feu`illants") n. pl. A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans,
near Toulouse, in France.
Feuillemort
(Feuille"mort`) a. [F. feuille morte a dead leaf.] Having the color of a faded leaf. Locke.
Feuilleton
(||Feu`ille*ton") n. [F., from feulle leaf.] A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of
the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.
Feuilltonist
(Feuill"ton*ist) n. [F. feuilletoniste.] A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.
feuter
(feu"ter) v. t. [OE. feutre rest for a lance, OF. feutre, fautre, feltre, felt, cushion, rest for a lance,
fr. LL. filtrum, feltrum; of German origin, and akin to E. felt. See Felt, and cf. Filter.] To set close; to
fix in rest, as a spear. Spenser.
Feuterer
(Feu"ter*er) n. [Either fr. G. fütterer feeder, or corrupted fr. OF. vautrier, vaultrier; fr. vaultre,
viautre, a kind of hound, fr. L. vertragus, vertraga, a greyhound. The last is of Celtic origin.] A dog
keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.
Fever
(Fe"ver) n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fièvre. Cf. Febrile.]
1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a
general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of
which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals;
continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit.
2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as,
this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
An envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation.
Shak.
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well.
Shak. Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain, Continued, etc. — Fever and ague, a form
of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. — Fever blister
(Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. — Fever
bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood. — Fever powder. Same as Jame's
powder. — Fever root (Bot.), an American herb of the genus Triosteum (T. perfoliatum); — called
also feverwort amd horse gentian. — Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. Miner.
